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RULES 

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REGULATIONS 

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Transportation  of  Explosives 


EFFECTIVE    APRIL   13.   1909 


The  American  Railway  Association 
REGULATIONS 


FOR  THE 


Transportation  of  Inflammable  Articles  and  Acids 


EFFECTIVE   JULY   1,   1909 


JUNE,    190d 


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Numbers  1301  to  1313,  inclusive,  refer  to  American  Railway  Association  Rules. 

Paragraphs  A  to  II  and  Numbers  1501  to  1697,  inclusive,  and  1940  refer  to  Interstate  Commerce  Regulations. 


PARAGRAPH. 

Acceptance  of  Shipments,  Conditions  of 1301, 1302, 1304,  A,  B,  C 

Act  of  May  £0, 1908 Page  16 

Repeal  and  Substitute Page  16 

Ammunition 1500  to  1512,  1601  to  1622 

Blasting  Caps 1510, 1611  to  1614 

Cannon 1507, 1604  to  1610 

Detonators 1509, 1611  to  1614 

Detonating  Fuzes 1511, 1615  to  1618 

Electric  Blasting  Caps 1510, 1611  to  1614 

Empty  Projectiles 1507, 1607  to  1610 

Explosive  Projectiles 1508, 1607  to  1610 

Percussion  Caps 1512, 1619  to  1022 

Percussion  Fuzes 1512, 1619  to  1622 

Primers 1512, 1619  to  1622 

Small-Arms 1506, 1601  to  1603 

Time  Fuzes 1512, 1619  to  1622 

Astray  Packages 1301, 1307, 1536 

Black  Powder 1502, 1541  to  1545 

Blasting  Caps 1510, 1611  to  1614 

Packed  With  Safety  Fuze  and  Safety  Squibs 1648 

Boxes,  Test  of D,  E,  F 

Second-hand,  Not  to  be  Used A 

Broken  or  Leaking 1301,  1303,  1304,  1307,  1531  to  1535 

Bracing  Shipments  in  Cars 1301,  1307,  1308,  1076,  1683 

Broken  Packages,  Disposition  of 1301, 1303, 1307, 1534 

Brown  Powder 1502,  1541  to  1545 

Bureau  of  Explosives A.  R.  A.  General  Notice,  1302, 1303, 1308, 

B,  F,  G,  1531,  15:33,  1535,  1556,  1676,  169i 

Car  Certificate 1301, 1300, 1307, 1665, 1669 

Filing  of 1301,  1304, 1305,  1306,  1669 

Card  Waybill  to  be  Stamped 1301, 1304, 1305, 1668 

Canying  Explosives  in  Mixed  Trains 1309, 1310, 1681 

Cars  Offered  by  Connecting  Lines 1301, 1304, 1306, 1070 

Placarding  of 1301,  1306.  l;:07, 1310, 16GC,  1667 

Selection  and  Preparation  of 1305, 1306, 1307,  1661  to  1667 

Certified  Cars,  Explosives  Requiring  Use  of 1307, 1661. 1662 

Certifying  Cars  and  Contents 1306, 1307, 1662  to  1665 

Certificate  of  Loading 1301, 1306, 1307, 1665 

Common  Fireworks 1514, 1641  to  1643 

Condemned  and  Forbidden  Explosives.  1301, 1303,1301, 1501, 1531  to  1536 

Condemned  Packages,  Disposition  of 1301, 1303, 1307, 1535 

Conditions  of  Acceptance  of  Shipments i::01, 1302, 1304,  A,  B,  C 

Connecting  Lines,  Shipments  To  and  From.. .  .1301, 1304, 1306,  C,  1670 
Connecting  Steamship  Lines,  Shipments  From  .  ..1301, 1304, 130C,  1670 

Copies  of  Regulations  to  be  Furnished  Shippers. 1301, 1696 

Correction  of  Violations 1301, 1304, 1306, 1307, 1809,  1310,  G,  1670 

Defective  Loading  and  Staying,  Reports  of A.  R.  A.  General 

Notice,  1301,  1306,  1307, 1309,  1310,  G 

Defective  Packages,  Reports  of A.  R.  A.  General  Notice,  1301, 

1306,  1307,  1309,  1310,  G 

Definition  of  Explosives 1502  to  1515 

Delay  to  Cars 1301  to  1309, 1310, 1685 

Description  of  Articles  on  Shipping  Order 1304, 1668 

Destination  Beyond  Originating  Line,  Shipments  For 1804.  C 

Detonators 1509, 1611  to  1614 

Detonating  Fuzes 1511, 1615  to  1618 

Disposition  of  Injured,  Condemned  and  Stray  Sliipments 1301. 

1303,  1307,  1533  to  1536 

Distribution  of  Regulations 1301, 1690 

Dry  Nltro-cellulose 1501,  1557 

Dynamite,  Repacking  of 1533 

Electric  Blasting  Caps 1510, 1611  to  1614 

Empty  Projectiles 1507, 1607  to  1610 

Endorsement  on  Waybill 1305.  1608 

Expediting  Movement  of  Cars 1:J01, 1809, 1310, 1685 


PARAGRAPH. 

Explosives  Not  Requiring  the  Use  of  Certified  Cars 1307, 

Loading  Chart,  1663 
Not  to  be  Loaded  Together. .  .1807,  Loading  Chart,  1677  to  1682 

Explosive  Placard 1301,  1306, 1307,  1309, 1310,  1666  to  1(389 

Explosive  Projectiles 1508, 1607  to  1610 

Explosives  Requiring  the  Use  of  Certified  Cars 1307, 

Loading  Chart,  1601 
Explosive  Shipments  Requiring  '*  Explosive  "  Placard  on  Cars.  .1307, 

Loading  Chart,  1661 
Requiring  "  Inflammable  "  Placard  on  Cars 1307, 

Loading  Chart,  1663 
Express  Companies,  Duty  of General  Notice 

Fireworks,  Common 1514, 1641  to  1643 

Fireworks,  Special 1501,  1515,  1644  to  1647 

Forbidden  and  Condemned  Explosives. 1301, 1302, 1304,1.'-.01,  l.>31  to  1533 
Fulminate 1505,  1591  to  1598 

Gas  Cylinders  Not  to  be  Loaded  with  Explosives 1307, 1683 

General  Rules A  to  II 

Government  (United  States)  Shipments B 

Gross  Weight  of  Explosives  in  Car 1307, 1674 

Grouping  of  Explosives II 

Gun  Cotton,  see  Nitro-Cellulose. 

Handling  Cars 1300,  1310,  16*4  to  1694 

Through  Trains 1309,  1310,  168C 

Local  Freight  Trains 1300,  1310,  1687 

Shifting 1309,  1310,  1087 

In  Yards 1309,  1310.  1688 

Train  Rules 1*19,  1310.  1681  to  1694 

Handling  Explosives 1301. 1307, 1671, 1678 

High  Explosives 1503, 1551  to  1560 

Inflammable  Articles  and  Acids  Loaded  with  Explosives 1307, 

Loading  Cliart,  1082 

Inflammable  Placard IIMO 

Injured  Packages,  Disposition  of 1301,  l*t3, 1307, 1534 

Inspection  of  Cars 1301, 1301,  1306,  1307,  1310, 1663, 1670 

Inspection  at  Junction  Points 1-304, 1806, 1670 

Inspection  of  Manufacture  and  Packing B 

Kegs,  Broken  or  Leaking 1301. 1304, 1307, 1534 

Test  of D,  E,  F 

Second-hand,  Not  to  be  Used A 

Leakage  of  Explosives  in  Cars 1:309. 1310, 1694 

Leaking  Explosives 1301,  130:3,  1304,  1:307,  1532  to  1535 

Less  Carload  Shipments,  Name  and  Address  of  Consignee  on  Each 

Package A 

Liquid  Nitroglycerin 1501 

Limitation  of  Weight  in  Cars 1674 

Loading  Cars  and  Staying  Packages 1807, 1308.  Loading  Chart, 

1674  to  1676,  1063 

Loading,  Certificate  of 1301, 1306, 1307, 1665 

Loading  Chart Page  4 

Loading  Days 1304, 1683 

Loading  Explosives  Together 13(»7.  Loading  Chart,  1677  to  1681 

With  Inflammable  Articles  and  Acids.. 1307.  Loading  Chart,  1682 

Loading  in  "  Way  Car  "  or  "  Peddle  Car  " i:307.  1310, 1662  (i>,  1676 

Loose  Powder  or  Other  Explosive  in  Car 1300, 1309, 1310, 1694 

Lumber  and  Labor  for  Staying 1308, 107G 

Marking  on  L.  C.  L.  Shipments A 

Maximum  Weight  of  Shipments  in  One  Car 1674 

Mixed  Trains,  Explosives  In 1309, 1310, 1084 

Name  and  Address  of  Consignee  on  Package  in  Less  Carload  Ship- 
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i-Cellulose,  Dry 1501.  1557 

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ages.  Test  of D.  E,  F 

inger  Trains,  Explosives  In 1309, 1310, 1C84 

die  "or  "Way  Cars."  Loading  In 1307,  1310,  1662(1),  1676 

isslon  Caps 1512,  1619  to  1622 

isslon  Fuzes 1512,  1619  to  1622 

rdingof  Cars 1301,  1300,  i::07,  1310,  1C61,  16C6,  1667 

rds  on  Cars.  Removal  of 1307, 1309, 1310, 1C95 

ion  of  Car  Certificate  on  Car 1301,  i:»7,  16C5 

Ion  of  Cars  Containing  Explosives  in  Train 1309, 1310,  1686 

ion  of  Placards  on  Car 1301, 1307, 1666 

irationand  Selection  of  Cars....  1305, 1306,1307,1310, 1661  to  1603 

iratlon  of  Shipping  Order 1304, 1608 

!rs.  Percussion  and  Time  Fuzes 1512, 1619  to  1622 

•r  Description  of  Articles 1304,  1668 

Blon  for  Storage  of  Explosives 1801, 1672 

allons.  Distribution  of 1301, 1696 

val  of  Marks  from  Packages A 

Of  Explosives  from  Stations 1301, 1672 

Of  Placards  from  Cars 1307, 1309, 1310, 1695 

;klng  Dynamite 1533 

•ts  of  Violations  .A.  R.  A.  General  Notice,  1301, 1300, 1309, 1310,  G 

,  A.  R.  A.,  for  Explosives 1301  to  1312 

Billing  Freight 1305 

Conductors 1310,  131 1 

Inspecting  Cars 130C 

Loading  Chart Page  4 

Loading  or  Unloading 1307, 1308 

Receiving  Freight 1.304 

Station  Agent 1301  to  1.303 

Trainmen 1310, 131 1 

Wreck  Crews I;jl2 

Yardmasters 1309 


PARAGRAPn. 

.Safety  Fuze  and  Safety  Squibs  Packed  with  Blasting  Caps Ift48 

Samples  of  Explosives,  by  Express General  Notice 

Second-hand  Boxes  and  Kegs  Not  to  be  Used A 

.Selection  and  Preparation  of  Cars. .  .1305,  130C,  1307,  1310,  ICOl  to  1663 

Shifting  and  Local  Freight  Trains 1.309,  1310.  1C87 

Shippers'  Certificate 1301. 1CC8.  1089 

Filing  of 1301.  1304.  1069 

Shipping  Order,  Filing  of l.»l,  1304,  1009 

Preparation  of 1304.  jceg 

Shipments  To  and  From  Connecting  Lines 1301,  i;i04,  l.^XW,  C,  1C70 

Shipments  To  or  From  Non-Agency  Stations 1310, 1311.  1073 

Shippers  to  be  Furnished  with  Copies  of  Regulations 1.301, 1096 

Shipping  Explosives  Beyond  Originating  Line 1*X)1,  C 

Shipping  Days 1.304,  1682 

Small-Arms  Ammunition  Packed  with  Other  Articles 1001 

Smokeless  Powder 1504,  1571  to  1579 

Special  Fireworks 1501,  1515,  1044  to  1647 

Staying  and  Loading  Packages 1307.  1308,  Loading  Chart, 

1674  to  1676.  1633 

Staying  Shipments  In  "Peddle  "or  "Way  Cars" 1307, 1310, 1076 

Steamship  Lines,  Shipments  to  and  from  Connecting 1301, 130i, 

1306,  1C70 

Storage  at  Stations 1301, 1C72 

Stray  Packages,  Disposition  of 1.^1.  1303,  1307. 1536 

Test  for  Sensitiveness  of  Explosive 1556 

Test  for  Strength  of  Packages D.  E.  F 

Time  Fuzes l.">]2,  1619  to  1022 

Trains.  Passenger,  Explosives  In 1309,  1310, 1081 

Train  Rules 131>9,  1310,  1084  to  1094 

Trains,  Through 1C09, 1310, 1096 

Shifting  and  Local  Freight 1309, 1310, 1687 

United  States  Government  Shipments B 

Violations  of  Regulations,  Reports  of . .  A.  U.  A.  General  Notce.  1301, 

1300,  1S09,  1310.  G 


^  Fuze  and  Safety  Squibs 1648    Wrecks,  Rules  for  Clearing 1312.  1697 


The  American  Railway  Association 


RUES  FOR  THE  TRANSPORTATION  OF  EXPLOSIVES. 


GENERAL  NOTICE. 

The  safe  transportation  of  explosives  is  largely  influ- 
enced by  the  manner  in  which  they  are  made  and 
packed  for  shipment,  as  well  as  by  the  careful  loading 
and  staying  (bracing,  blocking)  of  packages  and  the  in- 
telligent handling  of  packages  and  of  cars  by  railway 
employes. 

The  Interstate  Commerce  Commission's  Regulations 
for  the  Transportation  of  Explosives  place  upon  railroad 
carriers  the  duty  of  making  the  prescribed  regulations 
•effective  and  thoroughly  instructing  its  employes  in 
relation  thereto. 

In  order  to  make  the  regulations  effective,  it  is  neces- 
sary for  railway  employes  to  acquire  knowledge  of  their 
specific  duties.  Employes  are  specially  designated  to 
perform  certain  duties  in  connection  with  these  regula- 
tions, and  the  paragraphs  referred  to  in  the  rules  given 
below  should  be  studied  carefully.  It  must  be  under- 
stood that  this  will  not  relieve  any  employe  from  re- 
sponsibility for  compliance  with  any  requirement  of 
the  regulations  when  able  to  do  so.  All  employes  will 
be  held  strictly  responsible  for  the  proper  instruction  of 
all  other  employes  under  their  control,  and  for  the 
strict  compliance  by  them  with  the  regulations. 

Violations  of  the  regulations  discovered  in  cars  con- 
taining explosives  must  be  reported  to  the  proper  official, 
who  will  forward  report  to  the  Chief  Inspector  of  the 
Bureau  of  Explosives,  24  Park  Place,  New  York. 

PARAGRAPH  REFERENCES. 

1301.  The  following  regulations  have  specific  refer- 
ence to  duties  devolving  on  the  Station  Agent : 

General  Rules  A,  B,  C  and  G.  Paragraphs  1501,  1531 
to  1536,  1664  to  1672,  1682,  1685  and  1696. 

1302.  A  new  explosive  must  not  be  accepted  until  it 
has  been  examined  and  pronounced  safe  for  transpor- 
tation by  the  Chief  Inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Ex- 
plosives. 

1303.  Should  the  services  of  a  Local  Inspector  be  re- 
quired, application  should  be  made  by  the  agent  to  his 
Division  Superintendent  or  other  designated  official,  or 
by  the  shipper  to  the  Chief  Inspector  of  the  Bureau 
of  Explosives. 

1304.  The  following  regulations  have  specific  refer- 
ence to  duties  devolving  on  the  Employe  Reeeiv- 
ing^  Freight: 

General  Rules  A,  B  and  C.  Paragraphs  1501,  1531  to 
1533,  1541  to  1648,  1668  to  1670  and  1682. 


1305.  The  following  regulations  have  specific  refer- 
ence to  duties  devolving  on  the  Employe  Billing 
Freight : 

Paragraphs  1661,  1668  and  1669. 

1306.  The  following  regulations  have  .specific  refer- 
ence to  duties  devolving  on  the  Employe  Iiispeet- 
ing  Car!«: 

General  Rule  G.  Paragraphs  1661,  1662,  1665,  1667, 
1669,  1670  and  1694. 

1307.  The  following  regulations  have  specific  refer- 
ence to  duties  devolving  on  the  Employe  Loading 
or  Unloading  Freight: 

General  Rules  D  and  G.  Paragraphs  1531,  1532,  1534 
to  1536,  1661  to  1663,  1665,  1666,  1667,  1671,  1674  to  1680, 
1682,  1683,  1695  and  1940. 

Note.— Articles  that  must  not  be  loaded  nor  stored  with  explosives 
include : 

1.  Packases  that  bear  labels  described  in  Paragraph  1812 ; 

2.  Packages  that  have  any  of  the  characteristics  mentioned  in  the 
definitions.  Paragraphs  1801  to  ISCM,  and  from  which  labels  are 
exempted  by  Paragraph  1814,  or  are  improperly  omitted  ; 

3.  Articles  of  well-known  but  minor  inflammable  risk,  which  ara 
designated  by  *  in  List  :No.  3,  Paragraph  1805. 

1308.  "Whoever  loads  the  car  must  furnish  the  lumber 
and  labor  required  for  staying  all  shipments  loaded  by 
them,  and  this  lumber  should  not  be  less  than  two  (2) 
inches  thick,  except  in  cases  where  this  thickness  is 
manifestly  not  required,  or  unless  otherwise  specified 
by  the  Bureau  of  Explosives. 

1309.  The  following  regulations  have  specific  refer- 
ence to  duties  devolving  on  the  Yardmasters : 

General  Rule  G.  Paragraphs  1684  to  1692,  1694,  1695 
and  1697. 

1310.  The  following  regulations  have  specific  refer- 
ence to  duties  devolving  on  the  Coiidiiet<>r«(  and 
Trainmen : 

General  Rule  G.  Paragraphs  1662,  1667,  1673,  1684  to 
1695  and  1697. 

1311.  Shipments  of  high  explosives  and  powder  must 
not  be  accepted  by  conductors  at  non-agency  stations 
unless  the  conductor  is  instructed  and  qualified  to  i>er- 
form  the  duties  specified  for  station  employes. 

1312.  The  following  regulations  liave  specific  refer- 
ence to  duties  devolving  on  the  "Wreck  Crews : 

Paragraph  1697. 


LOADING  CHART. 

Packages  of  explosives  and  other  dangerous  articles  are  considered  and  designated  below  as: 


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only  the  "Inflammable"  placard,  are  jiroperly  loaded  in  a  cur  with 
Eiplosives,"  ouly  the  "  iiiplubivt; "  placara  will  Ije  used  ou  tUe  car. 


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reghahons  for  the  transportation  of  explosives. 

As  Revised  and  Amended  April  13,  1909.     Prescribed  under  Act  of  May  30,  1908. 


(The  folio-win?  comprise  all  the  resulations  which  have  been  pre- 
scrilied  by  tlie  Commission,  llie  paragraphs  having  been  numbered 
to  correspond  with  the  rules  and  regulations  of  The  American  Rail- 
way Association.) 

GENERAL  NOTICE. 

As  the  use  of  certain  explosives  is  essential  to  various 
business  activities  throughout  the  country  it  is  the  duty 
of  interstate  railroad  carriers  to  transport  such  explo- 
sives under  proper  regulations.  It  is  also  the  duty  of 
each  such  carrier  to  make  the  prescribed  regulations 
effective  and  to  thoroughly  instruct  its  employes  in 
relation  thereto.*  It  is  the  duty  of  express  companies 
to  transport  under  proper  regulations  samples  of  explo- 
sives for  laboratory  examination,  as  authorized  by  sec- 
tion 1  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  May  30,  1908. 
(See  Appendix,  page  16.)  When  the  explosives  specified 
in  this  section  are  lawfully  carried  in  an  express  or  bag- 
gage car  in  the  presence  of  an  employe  of  the  company, 
it  will  not  be  necessary  to  placard  this  car  as  prescribed 
herein  for  a  freight  car  containing  similar  lading. 

The  Commission  will  make  further  provision  as  occa- 
sion may  require  for  new  explosives  not  included  in  or 
covered  by  the  following  regulations.! 

GENERAL  RULES. 

A.  Unless  specifically  authorized  by  these  regula- 
tions, explosives  must  not  be  packed  in  the  same  out- 
side package  with  each  other  or  with  other  articles. 
Explosives,  when  offered  for  shipment  by  rail,  must  be 
in  proper  condition  for  transportation  and  must  be 
packed,  marked,  loaded,  stayed,  and  handled  while  in 
transit  in  accordance  with  these  regulations.  All  pack- 
ages of  less  than  carload  shipments  must  also  be  plainly 
marked  on  the  outer  covering  or  boxing  (outside  package ) 
with  the  name  and  address  of  consignee.  Empty  boxes 
previously  used  for  high  explosives  are  dangerous  and 
must  not  be  again  used  for  shipments  of  any  character. 
Empty  boxes  which  have  been  used  for  the  shipment  of 
other  explosives  tlian  high  explosives  must  have  the  old 
marks  thoroughly  removed  before  being  accepted  for  the 
shipment  of  other  articles.  Empty  metal  kegs  which 
have  been  used  for  the  shipment  of  black  powder  not 
contained  in  an  interior  package  must  not  be  used  after 
January  1,  1909,  for  shipment  of  any  explosive. f 

B.  Explosives,  except  such  as  are  forbidden  (see  pars. 
1501  and  1531  to  153G),  must  be  received  for  transporta- 
tion by  railroads  engaged  in  interstate  commerce  on 
and  after  October  15, 1903,  provided  the  following  regu- 

*  See  American  Railway  Association  Rules  for  the  Transportation 
of  Explosives,  General  Notice  and  pars.  1301  to  1312. 
t  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301, 1302  and  1301. 


lations  are  complied  witli,  and  provided  their  method 
of  manufacture  and  packing,  so  far  as  it  affects  safe 
transportation,  is  open  to  inspection  by  a  duly  author- 
ized representative  of  the  initial  carrier  or  of  the  Bureau 
for  the  Safe  Transportation  of  Explosives  and  Other 
Dangerous  Articles,  of  The  American  Railway  As.socia- 
tion.  Shipments  of  explosives  that  do  not  comply  with 
these  regulations  will  not  be  received.  Shipments 
offered  by  the  United  States  Government  may  be 
packed,  including  limitations  of  weight,  as  required  by 
its  regulations.! 

C.  Before  any  shipment  of  explosives  destined  to 
points  beyond  the  lines  of  the  initial  carrier  is  accepted 
from  the  shipper,  the  initial  carrier  must  ascertain  tliat 
the  shipment  can  go  forward  via  the  route  designated, 
and  that  delivery  can  be  made  at  destination.  To  avoid 
unnecessary  delays,  arrangements  must  be  made  to 
furnish  this  information  promptly  to  initial  carrier. 
Shipments  offered  by  connecting  lines  must  be  received 
subject  to  these  regulations.  J 

TESTS  FOR  STRENGTH  OF  PACKAGE. 

D.  Packages  receive  their  greatest  stresses  in  a  direc- 
tion parallel  to  the  length  of  the  oar  and  must,  there- 
fore, be  loaded  so  as  to  offer  their  greatest  resistance 
in  this  direction.  Cleats  or  handles,  when  prescribed 
for  packages,  must  be  so  placed  as  not  to  interfere  with 
close  packing  lengthwise  in  tlie  car.^ 

E.  Wlien  inexplosive  material  of  equal  weight  is 
substituted  (sand  for  a  granular  explosive,  dummy  car- 
tridges for  high  explosive  cartridges),  and  the  outside 
package  is  dropped  on  its  end  on  to  a  foundation  of  solid 
brick  or  concrete  from  a  height  of  four  feet,  the  out- 
side package  must  not  oi)en,  nor  rupture,  nor  must  any 
portion  of  the  contents  escape  therefrom. 

F.  In  addition  to  standing  tlie  test  in  paragraph  E, 
the  design  and  construction  of  packages  must  be  such  as 
to  prevent  the  occurrence  in  individual  i)ackage3  of 
defects  that  permit  leakage  of  their  contents  imder  the 
ordinary  conditions  incident  to  transportation.  Tlie 
results  of  exiierience,  gained  by  an  e.xamination  of 
packages  on  arrival  at  destination,  must  be  recorded  by 
the  Bureau  of  Explosives,  to  the  end  that  further  use  of 
any  particular  kind  of  package,  shown  by  experience 
to  be  inefficient,  may  be  prohibited  by  the  Commission, 
even  if  it  should  stand  the  drop  test  prescribed  by 
paragrapli  E. 

G.  Violations  of  the.se  regulations  discovered  in  cars 
containing  explosives,  or  in  the  loading  or  staying  of 


$  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301  and  1304.        §  A.  R.  A.  Rule  1307. 


6 


kages,  must  be  corrected  before  forwarding  the  car. 
eport  of  all  serioas  violations,  with  a  statement  of 
arent  cause  (such  as  defective  packing,  improper 
'ing,  rough  treatment  of  car,  etc.),  must  be  made 
the  carrier  to  the  chief  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of 
)losives.* 

GROUPING. 
'..  For  transportation  purposes,  all  explosives  are  di- 
id  into  the  following  groups  : 

1.  Forbidden  explosives. 

2.  Black  powder. 

3.  High  explosives. 

4.  Smokeless  powders. 

5.  Fulminates. 

6.  Ammunition. 

7.  Fireworks. 

edion  I. — Information  and  Definitions. 

3R0UP  1.— FORBIDDEN  EXPLOSIVES. 

See  paragraphs  1531  to  1536. 
iOl.  The  following  are  forbidden  explosives :  f 
)  Liquid  nitrog:iyocrin. 

)  Dynamite,  containing  over  60  per  cent  of  nitro- 
!erin  (except  gelatine  dynamite). 
)  Dynamite  having  an  unsatisfactory  absorbent, 
ne  that  permits  leakage  of  nitroglycerin  under  any 
litions  liable  to  exist  during  transportation  or  storage. 
)  Xitro-oeilulose  in  a  dry  condition,  in  quan- 
greater  than  ten  (10)  pounds  in  one  exterior  package, 
pars.  1557  to  1560.) 

)  Fulminate  of  Iflercury  in  Bulk  in  a  dry 
lition,  and  fulminates  of  all  other  metals  in  any 
iition. 

)  Fireworks  that  combine  an  explosive  and  a 
mator  or  blasting  cap.     (See  pars.  1515  and  1644.) 

GROUP  2.— BLACK  POWDER. 

See  2iuragrap}i.'i  l~Al  to  1545. 
02.  Black  for  brown)  powder  embraces  all  explosives 
ing  a  composition  similar  to  that  of  ordinary  gun- 
der,  such  as  carbonaceous  material,  .sulphur,  and  a 
ate  of  sodium  or  potassium.  This  group  includes 
,  sporting,  blasting,  cannon,  and  the  prismatic 
ders. 

GROUP  3.— HIGH  EXPLOSIVES. 

See  paragraphs  l^ai  to  1560. 
i03.  High  explosives  are  all  explosives  more  powerful 
1  ordinary  black  powder,  except  smokeless  powders 

fulminates?.  Their  distinguishing  characteristic  is 
r  susceptibility  to  detonation  by  a  commercial  dcto- 
)r,  or  blasting  cap.     Many  high  explosives  arc  .sensi- 

to  percussion  and  to  friction.  Examples  of  high 
losives  aretlie  dynamites,  picric  acid,  picratos,  chlo- 
I  powders,  and  nitrate  of  ammonia  powders. 

GROUP  4.— SMOKELESS  POWDERS. 

Sec  paragraphs  1571  to  1579. 
>04.  Smokeless  powders  are  those  explosives  from 
ch  there  is  little  or  no  smoke  when  fired.     The  group 


I.  R.  A.  Kulcs  1301  and  13(W  to  1310. 
I.  R.  A.  Rules  laOl  aud  1304. 


consists  of  smokeless  powder  for  cannon  and  smokelef«3 
powder  for  small  arms.  Smokeless  powder  for  cannon 
used  in  the  United  States  at  the  present  time  con- 
sists of  a  nitro-cellulose  colloid,  and  is  safe  to  handle 
and  transport.  Smokeless  powders  for  small  arms  may 
con.sist  of  nitro-cellulose,  nitro-cellulose  combined  with 
nitroglycerin,  picrate  mixtures,  or  chlorate  mixtures. 

GROUP  5.— FULMINATE. 

See  paragraphs  l.'i'.d   ta  1593. 

1505.  This  includes  Fulminate   <»f  Hereury  in 

bulk  form — that  is,  not  made  up  into  percu.ssion  caps, 
detonators,  blasting  caps,  or  exploders. 

GROUP  6.— AMMUNITION. 

See  paragraphs  1601  to  1622. 

1506.  Small-arniM  Ammunition  con.sists  usually 
of  a  paper  or  metallic  shell,  the  primer,  powder  cliarge, 
and  projectile,  the  materials  necessary  for  one  firing 
teing  all  in  one  piece,  such  as  is  used  in  sporting  or 
fowling  pieces,  or  in  rifle,  pistol  practice,  etc. 

1507.  Ammunition  for  Cannon  embraces  all 
fixed  or  separate-loading  ammunition  packed  in  a  single 
package  in  which  the  projectile  weighs  one  pound  or 
over,  and  is  usually  transported  only  for  Government 
use.  When  the  component  parts  are  packe<l  in  separate 
outside  packages,  such  packages  will  be  shipped  as 
smokeless  powder  for  cannon,  explosive  projectiles, 
empty  projectiles,  primers  or  fuzes.  Igniters  composed 
of  black  powder  may  be  attached  to  packages  in  ship- 
ments of  smokeless  ix)wder. 

1508.  Explosive  Projeetiles,  or  loaded  shells  for 
use  in  cannon,  are  not  liable  to  be  exploded  except  by 
fire  of  considerable  intensity,  and  the  flying  fragments 
would  then  be  very  dangerous. 

1509.  Detonators  is  the  technical  name  for  articles 

such  as  blasting  caps,  the  use  of  which  is  to  cause  explo- 
sions of  a  high  order,  or  "detonations."'  This  means 
the  instantaneous  conversion  of  tin'  entire  explosive  into 
gas  instead  of  the  gradual  conversion  known  as  "  com- 
bustion." Dynamite  "  detonates  "  and  smokeless  pow- 
der for  cannon  "  burns." 

1510.  Blastin;;  Caps  contain  from  5  to  50  grains  of 
dry  fuliiiiiiatt!  of  iiicnurv,  or  a  similar  substance,  packed 
in  a  tliiu  copper  cup  and  fired  by  a  slow-burning  safety 
fuze.  When  a  small  "  bridge  "  of  fine  wire  is  embedded 
in  the  fuhninate.  held  by  a  sulphur  cast,  and  arranged  to 
lire  the  fulminate  by  heating  tlie  bridge  by  means  of 
an  electric  current,  the  cap  is  called  an  "  electric  blast- 
ing cap,"  or  "  electric  cap,"  or  '*  electric  exploder." 

1511.  Detonating  Fu#,es  are  used  to  detonate  the 
high  explosive  bursting  charges  of  projectiles  or  tor- 
pedoes. In  addition  to  a  powerful  detonator  tiiey  may 
contain  sevi-ral  ounces  of  a  high  explosive,  such  as  pic- 
ric acid  or  dry  nitro-cellulose,  all  assembled  in  a  lu-avy 
st«'el  envelo|)e,  the  fl\  ing  fragments  of  which,  in  ca.se 
of  explosion,  would  be  very  dangerous.  Froni  their 
careful  design,  manufacture,  and  packing  detonating 
fuzes  are  not  liable  to  be  exploded  in  transportation 
except  by  fire  of  considerable  intensity. 


1512.  Primers,  Percussiou  an<I  Time  Fiixeii 

are  devices  used  to  ignite  tlie  black  powder  bursting 
charges  of  projectiles,  or  the  powder  charges  of  ammu- 
nition. For  small-arms  amuuuiition  the  primers  are 
usually  called  "small-arm  primers"  or  "percussion 
caps." 

GROUP  7.— FIREWORKS. 

See  paragrax>hs  1641  to  1647. 

1513.  Fireworks  include  everything  that  is  designed 
and  manufactured,  primarily,  for  the  production  of 
pyrotechnic  effects.  They  consist  of  common  fireworks 
and  special  fireworks. 

1514.  Common  Fireworics  include  all  that  depend 
principally  upon  nitrates  to  support  combustion  and  not 
upon  chlorates ;  that  contain  no  phosphorus  and  no 
high  explosive  sensitive  to  shock  and  friction  ;  that 
produce  their  effect  through  color  display  rather  than 
by  loud  noises.  If  noise  is  the  principal  object,  the 
units  must  be  small  and  of  such  nature  and  manufacture 
that  they  will  explode  separately  and  harmlessly,  if  at 
all,  when  one  unit  is  ignited  in  a  packing  case.  They 
must  not  be  designed  for  ignition  by  shock  or  friction. 
Examples  are  Chinese  firecrackers,  Roman  candles, 
pin  wheels,  colored  fires,  serpents,  railway  fusees,  flash 
powders,  etc. 

1515.  Speeial  Fireworks  include  all  that  contain 
any  quantity  of  red  or  white  phosphorus,  a  fulminate,  or 
other  high  explosive  sensitive  to  shock  or  friction ;  or 
that  contain  units  of  such  size  that  the  explosion  of  one 
while  being  handled  would  produce  a  serious  injury;  or 
that  require  a  special  appliance  or  tool,  mortar,  holder, 
etc. ,  for  their  safe  use ;  or  that  may  be  exploded  en 
masse  in  their  packing  cases ;  or  that  are  intended  for 
or  may  be  ignited  or  exploded  by  shock  or  friction. 
Examples  are  giant  firecrackers,  bombs,  salutes,  toy 
torpedoes  and  caps,  rockets,  ammunition  pellets  fired  in 
a  special  holder,  railway  torpedoes,  etc. 

Section  11. — Conditions  ot  Acceptance  and 
Shipment  of  Packages. 

GROUP   1.— FORBIDDEN   AND  CONDEMNED 
EXPLOSIVES. 

1531.  Forbidden  explosives,  as  defined  in  jiaragraph 
1501,  and  explosives  condemned  by  the  Bureau  of  Ex- 
plosives, must  not  be  accepted  for  shipment.* 

1532.  Should  any  package  of  high  explosives  when 
offered  for  shipment  show  excess.ve  dampness  or  be 
mouldy  or  show  outward  signs  of  any  oily  stain  or 
other  indication  that  absorption  of  the  liquid  part  of  the 
explosive  is  not  perfect  or  that  the  amount  of  the  liciuitl 
part  is  greater  than  the  absorbent  can  carry,  the  pack- 
ages must  be  refused  in  every  instance.  The  shipper 
must  substantiate  any  claim  that  a  stain  is  due  to  acci- 
dental contact  with  grease,  oil,  or  similar  substance. 
In  case  of  doubt,  the  package  must  be  rejected.  A 
shipment  of  leaking  dynamite  is  liable  to  cause  a  dis- 


*  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301,  1302,  1304  and  1307.  A  new  explosive  must 
not  be  received  until  pronounced  safe  for  transportatioQ  by  the 
Chief  Inspector  Bureau  of  Explosives. 


aster  in  spite  of  careful  handling ;  and  storage,  especially 
in  warm  and  damp  magazines,  tends  to  cause  leakage. 
Carriers  must,  for  tlvse  reasons,  examine  with  more 
than  usual  care  all  packages  that  have  been  stored  or 
are  offered  for  shipment  during  the  summer  months.f 

REPACKING  OF  DYNAMITE. 

1533.  Condemned  dynamite  must  not  be  repacked  and 
offered  for  shipment  unless  the  repacking  is  done  by  a 
competent  person  in  the  presence  and  with  the  con- 
sent of  a  local  inspector,  or  with  the  written  authority 
of  the  chief  inspector,  of  the  Bureau  of  Explosives.  J 

DISPOSITION   OF   INJURED,   CONDEMNED,  AND   STRAY 
PACKAGES. 

1534.  Packages  found  injured  or  broken  in  transit  may 
be  recoopered  when  this  is  evidently  practicable  and  not 
dangerous.  A  broken  box  of  dynamite  that  caonot  be 
recoopered  should  be  reenforced  by  stout  wrapping  paper 
and  twine,  placed  in  another  strong  box,  and  surrounded 
by  dry,  fine  sawdust,  or  dry  and  clean  cotton  waste,  or 
elastic  wads  made  from  dry  newspaper.  A  ruptured 
can  or  keg  should  be  enclosed  in  a  grain  bag  of  good 
quality  and  boxed  or  crated.  Injured  packages  thus 
protected  and  properly  marked  may  be  for  warded.  § 

1535.  Condemned  packages  of  leaking  dynamite 
should  (1)  be  returned  immediately  to  shipper  if  at 
point  of  shipment ;  or  (2)  disposed  of  to  a  dealer  in  dyna- 
mite or  other  person  who  is  competent  and  willing  to 
remove  them  from  railway  property,  if  leakage  is  dis- 
covered while  in  transit;  or  (3)  removed  immediately  by 
consignee  if  shipment  is  at  destination. 

When  disposition  can  not  be  made  as  above,  the  leak- 
ing boxes  must  be  packed  in  other  boxes  large  enough 
to  permit,  and  the  leaking  box  must  be  surrounded  by 
at  least  2  inches  of  dry,  fine  sawdust  or  dry  and  clean 
cotton  waste,  and  be  stored  in  station  magazine  or  other 
safe  place,  until  arrival  of  the  local  inspector  or  other 
authorized  person,  to  superintend  the  destruction  of  the 
condemned  material.^ 

1536.  When  name  and  address  of  consignee  are  known, 
a  stray  shipment  must  be  forwarded  to  its  destination 
by  the  most  practicable  route,  provided  a  careful  in- 
spection shows  the  packages  to  be  in  proper  condition  for 
safe  transportation.  Revenue  and  card  waybills  must 
be  prepared  and  on  them  must  be  written  or  stamped 

"  Stray  shipment,  inspected  at station, railroad 19 —  " 

except  in  cases  where  authority  can  be  obtained  by  wire 
from  the  original  forwarding  station  to  stamp  these 
waybills  '•  Sliippers'  certificate  file,"  etc.    (See  par.  1668.) 

Wlien  a  package  in  a  stray  shipment  is  not  in  proper 
condition  for  safe  transportation  (see  par.  1534),  or  when 
name  and  address  of  consignee  are  unknown,  disposition 
will  be  made  as  prescribed  by  paragraph  1535.^ 


t  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301, 1301  and  1307. 

t  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301, 1303  and  13(M.    Should  the  services  of  a  Local 
Inspector  be  required,  application  should  be  made  by  the  asent  to 
Division  Superintendent  or  other  desitrnatcd  official,  or  by  the  shippe 
to  the  Chief  Inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Explosives. 

§  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301  and  1307. 

^  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301, 1303  and  1307. 


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GROUP  2.— BLACK  POWDER. 

541.  Packing. — Packages  containing  less  than 
elve  and  a  lialf  (IS'o)  pounds  of  rifle,  sporting, 
sting,  or  cannon  powders  must  be  inclosed  in  a 
ht  box,  so  that  tlie  filling  holes  of  the  packages 
11  be  up.  and  the  boxes  must  be  marked  on  top,  as 
-scribed  by  i)aragraph  1544. 

542.  Twelve  and  a  half  0-2}^  pounds  or  over  of 
ck  or  brown  powder  must  be  packed  in  packages 
Lt  comjily  with  General  Rules  D,  E,  and  F.  Kegs 
s  than  9  inches  long  must  be  boxed,  as  prescribed 
paragrapli  1541, 

543.  ^Veijflit. — Packages  must  not  weigh  over 

I  pounds  gross. 

544.  !^nrking. — Each  outside  package  must  be 
inly  marked,  stamped,  or  stenciled  to  show  the 
id,  "BLACK"  or  "BROWN,"-  and  the  use. 
tLA.STING,"  "RIFLE,"  "CANNON,"  "  MOR- 
R,"'etc.,  as  "BLACK  BLASTING  POWDER," 
ILACK  RIFLE  POWDER,"  etc.  Additional 
rks,  trade  names,  etc.,  may  appear  if  desired  by 
pper.  Satisfactory  kegs  marked  ' '  BLACK  POW- 
;R."  or  "COMMON  BLACK  POWDER,"  will  be 
epted  until  January  1,  1909. 

545.  Car. — A  car  containing  shipments  of  black 
vder  in  any  quantity  must  be  certified  and  pla- 
ded  as  prescribed  by  paragraphs  1661  and  1666. 

GROUP  3.— HIGH  EXPLOSIVES. 

High  explosives  consisting  of  a  liquid  mixed  with 
irbent  material  must  have  the  absorbent  (wood 
•  .similar  material)  in  sufficient  quantity  and  of 
;tory  quality,  properly  dried  at  the  time  of  mix- 
trate  of  soda  must  be  dried  at  the  time  of  mixing 
than  1  per  cent  of  moisture  ;  and  the  ingredients 
3  uniformly  mixed  so  that  the  liquid  will  remain 
^hly  absorbed  under  the  most  unfavorable  con- 
incident  to  transi)ortation. 

Explosives  containing  nitroglycerin  nlust  have 
nly  mixed  w^ith  the  absorbent  material  a  satis- 
antacid  whi<rh  must  V)e  in  quantity  sufficient  to 
le  acid  neutralizin'.?  power  of  an  amount  of  mag- 
carbonate  e(pial  to  one  per  cent  of  the  nitro- 
n. 

553.  Packing. — High  explo.sives,  containing 
re  than  10  per  cent  of  nitroglycerin,  must  be 
de  into  cartridges  not  exceeding  four  inc;hes  in 
meter,  or  eiglit  inches  in  length  (does  not  apply 
gelatine  dynamite),  and  must  not  be  packed 
l)ags  or  sacks.  Bags  or  sacks  of  high  explosives, 
itaining  not  more  than  10  i)ercentof  nitroglycerin 
1  not  over  12'2  pounds  eacli  of  explosive,  will 
accepted  as  cartridges,  but  tliese  bags  must  be 
ong  and  must  be  i)lact'd  in  the  box  with  filling 
is  up.  The  covering  of  all  cartridges,  consisting 
j)aper  or  other  material,  must  be  strong  and  so 
ated  that  it  will  not  absorb  tlie  liquid  constituent 
the  explosive. 


ilonal  shipments  of  "  brown  powder,"  having  the  oomposl- 
lack  powdor,  are  maJe  by  or  for  Iho  United  .States  Govorn- 


1554.  All  l^jxes  in  which  cartridges  containing 
nitroglycerin  are  packed  must  be  lined  with  a  suit- 
able material  that  is  impervious  to  liquid  nitro- 
glycerin. Cardlxjard  cartons  closed  at  the  bottom 
and  made  of  strong  and  flexible  material  that 
is  impervious  to  nitroglycerin  form  a  satisfactory 
lining.  At  least  one-quarter  of  an  inch  of  dry  saw- 
dust or  similar  material  must  be  spread  over  the 
bottom  of  the  bo.x  before  inserting  the  cartridges, 
and  all  the  vacant  space  in  the  top  must  be  filled 
with  this  material.  The  cartridges,  except  the  bags 
or  sacks  authorized  in  paragraph  1553,  must  be 
so  arranged  in  the  boxes  that  when  they  are  trans- 
ported with  the  boxes  top  side  up  all  cartridges  will 
lie  on  their  sides  and  never  on  their  ends. 

1555.  The  boxes  must  be  strong  (General  Rules  D. 
E,  and  F),  the  lumber  throughout  must  bs  sound 
and  free  from  loose  knots  and,  \vlien  made  with 
lock  corners,  must  not  be  less  than  one-half  inch  in 
thickness.  When  nailed  boxes  are  used,  the  ends 
must  not  Ije  less  than  one  inch,  nor  the  sides,  top, 
and  bottom  less  than  one-half  inch  in  thickness. 
The  limits  for  thickness  refer  to  the  finished  box 
and  not  to  the  undressed  lumber. 

1556.  High  explosives,  containing  no  explosive 
liquid  ingredient,  and  not  having,  with  their  normal 
percentage  of  moisture,  a  sensitiveness  to  percussion 
greater  than  measured  by  the  blow  delivered  by  an 
eight-pound  weight  dropping  from  a  lieight  of  five 
(5)  inches  on  a  compressed  pellet  of  the  explosive, 
three-hundredths  of  an  inch  in  thickness  and  two- 
tenths  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  held  rigidly  lietween 
hard  steel  surfaces,  as  in  the  standard  impact  test- 
ing apparatus  of  the  Bureau  of  Explosives,  will  be 
accepted  for  shipment  when  securely  packed  in  bulk 
in  tight  packages  that  comply  with  General  Rules 
D,  E,  and  F.  These  explosives  may  also  be  packed 
in  cartridges,  and  must  be  so  packed  when  their 
sensitivene.ss  is  greater  than  the  al)ove  limit. 

1557.  I>ry  Xilro-cciliiiosc.— Inside  packages 
containing  not  more  than  one  jMjund  each  of  dry  nitro- 
cellulose, ^vTapped  in  strong  paraffined  paj)er,  or 
other  suitable  spark-i)roof  material,  will  be  accepted 
for  shipment  if  .securely  i)acked  in  an  outside  package 
that  complies  with  General  Rules  D,  E,  and  F,  and 
is  marked  as  prescrilwd  in  i)aragraph  1559.  Out- 
side packages  must  not  contain  more  than  ten  (10) 
pounds  of  dry  nitro-i-ellulose. 

1558.  H^'iglilM. — High  explosives  containing  an 
explosive  liciuid  ingredient  must  not  exceed  sixty- 
live  (05)  jK)uiuls,  gross  weight,  in  one  outside 
package. 

High  explosives  containing  no  li(juiil  explosive 
ingre<licnt  as  defined  in  ]>aragnipl\  1556,  must  not 
exceed  125  pounds,  gross  weight,  in  one  outside 
package. 

The  gross  weight  of  an  outside  i>ackago  contain- 
ing ilry  nitro-celluloso.  packed  ils  ilelinetl  in  pjini- 
graph  1557,  must  not  exceed  85  pounds. 

1559.  ITIarkiiig. — The  boxes  must  l>e  i)laiuly 
marked   t>n   top  and   on  one  side  or  end   "  HIQH 


EXPLOSIVE— DANGEROUS."     The  top  must  be 
marked  "THIS  SIDE  UP." 

1560.  Car. — For  shipments  of  high  explosives  in 
any  quantity,  the  car  must  be  certified  and  pla- 
carded as  prescribed  by  paragraphs  IGGl  and  1666. 

GROUP  4.— SMOKELESS  POWDER. 
SMOKELESS  POWDER  FOR  CANNON. 

1571.  Packing^. — Smokeless  powder  for  cannon 
must  be  packed  in  tight  boxes  free  from  loose  knots 
and  cracks,  or  in  kegs,  that  comply  with  General 
Eules  D,  E,  and  F. 

1572.  liVciglit. — Packages  must  not  weigh  over 
152  pounds  gross. 

1573.  marking. — Each  package  must  be  plainly 
marked  on  top  "SMOKELESS  POWDER  FOR 
CANNON." 

1574.  Car. — Smokeless  powder  for  cannon  may 
be  shipped  in  any  box  car  in  good  condition.  The 
car  must  be  placarded  "  INFLAMMABLE"  as  pre- 
scribed by  paragraph  1663. 

SMOKELESS  POWDER  FOR  SMALL  ARMS. 

1575.  Packing:. — Packages  of  less  than  nine  (9) 
pounds  of  smokeless  powder  for  small  arms  must  be 
inclosed  in  a  tight  box  so  that  the  filling  hole  of 
each  inside  package  will  be  up,  and  the  box  must 
be  marked  on  top  as  prescribed  by  paragraph  1578. 

1576.  Quantities  of  nine  pounds  or  over  must  be 
placed  in  packages  that  comply  with  General  Rules 
D,  E,  and  F.  Kegs  less  than  9  inches  long  must  be 
boxed  as  prescribed  by  paragrapli  1541. 

1577.  lYeiglit. — Packages  weighing  over  31 
pounds  gross  will  not  be  received  unless  packed 
under  the  supervision  of  and  shipped  for  the  use  of 
the  United  States  Government." 

Packages  weighing  not  over  30  pounds  gross  each 
may  be  inclosed  in  an  outside  package,  in  which 
case  the  gross  weight  must  not  exceed  150  pounds. 

1578.  ]?Iarking. — Each  outside  package  must  be 
plainly  marked  on  top '"SMOKELESS  POWDER 
FOR  SMALL  ARMS." 

1579.  Car. — Shipments  of  smokeless  powder  for 
small  arms  in  any  quantity  require  a  car  to  be 
certified  and  placarded,  as  prescribed  by  paragraphs 
1661  and  1666. 

GROUP  5.— FULMINATE. 

1591.  Packing. — Fulminate  of  mercury  in  bulk 
must  contain  when  packed  not  less  than  twenty-five 
(25)  per  cent  of  water  and  must  in  this  wet  condition 
be  placed  in  a  bag  made  of  heavy  cotton  cloth  of  close 
mesh  equal  in  quality  and  weight  to  the  cotton  twill 
used  for  pockets  in  high-grade  clothing.  There  must 
"*  be  placed  inside  the  bag  and  over  the  fulminate  a  cap 


o  Packages  for  the  shipment  of  small-arms  smokeless  powder 
conforming  to  present  regulations  and  manufactured  or  purchased 
prior  to  the  issuance  of  these  regulatious  may  be  accepted  for 
transportation  until  December  31, 1909. 


of  the  same  cloth  and  of  tlie  diameter  of  the  bag,  and 
the  bag  must  be  tied  securely  and  placed  in  a  strong 
grain  bag,  which  must  in  turn  be  tied  securely  and 
packed  in  the  center  of  a  cask  or  barrel  in  good  con- 
dition and  of  the  kind  used  for  shipment  of  alcohol. 
The  grain  bag  must  not  contain  more  than  150 
pounds  dry  weight  of  fulminate,  and  it  must  be 
surrounded  on  all  sides  by  tightly  packed  sawdust 
not  less  than  six  inches  thick.  The  cask  or  barrel 
must  be  lined  with  a  heavy  close-fitting  jute  bag 
closed  by  secure  sewing  to  prevent  escape  of  saw- 
dust. After  the  barrel  is  properly  coopered  it  must 
be  filled  with  water,  the  bung  sealed  ;  the  barrel 
must  be  inspected  carefully  and  all  leaks  stopped. 

1592.  Harking.— Each  cask,  or  barrel,  must  be 
plainly  marked  "WET  FULMINATE  OF  MER- 
CURY—DANGEROUS." 

1593.' Car. — A  car  containing  fulminate  in  any 
quantity  must  be  certified  and  placarded  as  pre- 
scribed by  paragraphs  1661  and  1666. 

GROUP  6.— AMMUNITION. 
SMALL-ARMS  AMMUNITION. 

1601.  Packing. — Small-arms  ammunition  must 
be  packed  in  pasteboard  or  other  boxes,  and  these 
pasteboard  or  other  boxes  must  be  packed  in  strong 
outside  boxes. 

Small-arms  ammunition,  in  pasteboard  or  other 
boxes  and  in  quantity  not  exceeding  a  gross  weight 
of  75  pounds,  may  be  packed  with  nonexplosive 
and  noninflamniable  articles,  and  with  small-arms 
primers  or  percussion  caps  (see  par.  1619),  provided 
the  shipment  is  certified  (see  par.  1668)  and  the  out- 
side package  is  marked  as  prescribed  in  paragraph 
1602. 

1602.  marking. — Each  outside  package  or  case 
must  be  plainly  marked  "SMALL-ARMS  AMilU- 
NITION." 

1603.  Car. — Small-arms  ammunition  may  be 
shipped  in  any  box  car  which  is  in  good  condition, 
without  the  placard  prescribed  by  paragraph  1663. 

AMMUNITION  FOR  CANNON. 

1604.  Packing. — Ammunition  for  cannon  must 
be  well  packed  and  properly  secured  in  strong  boxes 
provided  with  cleats  or  handles. 

1605.  ITIarking. — Each  outside  package  must  be 
plainly  marked  -  AMMUNITION  FOR  CANNON- 
EXPLOSIVE  PRO JECTILES,"  or  "  AMMUNITION 
FOR  CANNON— EMPTY  PROJECTILES,"  accord- 
ing as  the  projectiles  do,  or  do  not,  contain  a 
bursting  charge. 

1606.  Car.— A  car  containing  ammunition  for 
cannon  with  explosive  projectiles  must  be  certified 
and  placarded  as  prescribed  by  paragraphs  1661  and 
1666.  This  is  not  recjuired  when  projectiles  are 
empty,  but  in  this  case  cars  must  be  protected  by 
"INFLAMMABLE"  placard,  as  prescribed  by  para- 
graph 1663. 


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EXPLOSIVE  PROJECTILCS. 

607.  Puc'kili;;. — Explosive  projectiles  must  be 
:ked  in  strong  boxes,  and  eacli  projectile  must 
properly  secured.  "When  the  gros.s  weight  does 
;  exceed  150  pounds  the  box  must  be  provided 
;h  cleats  or  handles. 

608.  "Weight. — The  gross  weight  of  a  box  con- 
ning more  than  one  projectile  must  not  exceed 

pounds. 

609.  IVIarking. — Each  exterior  package  must  be 
inly  marked  "  EXPLOSIVE  PROJECTILE."  or 
:MPTY  projectile."  No  restrictions,  other 
in  proper  marking,  are  necessary  for  the  ship- 
nt  of  empty  projectiles. 

610.  Car. — For  explosive  projectiles  in  any 
intity  the  car  must  be  certified  and  placarded 
prescribed  by  paragraphs  1661  and  1666. 

BLASTING  CAPS. 

611.  Packing. — Blasting  caps  contain  such  a 
isitive  and  dangerous  explosive  that  very  efficient 
;king  is  necessary. 

Jlasting  caps  must  be  packed  in  strong  tin  recep- 
!les  in  which  they  must  fit  snugly,  and  the  caps 
ist  be  closed  securely  by  teats  projecting  from  a 
te  of  suitable  elastic  material  placed  inside  the 
c  and  over  the  caps.  Not  more  than  one  hundred 
sting  caps  must  be  packed  in  a  single  tin  box. 
I  separate  tin  boxes  must  then  be  packed  snugly 
paper  or  pasteboard  cartons,  and  these  must  be 
3ked  in  an  inside  box  made  of  sound  lumber  not 
sthan  three-eighths  of  an  inch  in  thickness  (except 
cases  where  it  is  made  of  hard  wood  with  reen- 
ced  corners,  and  the  lid  securely  fastened  down 
th  at  least  four  strong  wires  bound  around  the  box, 
which  ca.se  the  lumber  must  not  be  less  than  three- 
teenths  of  an  inch  in  thickness).  This  inside 
odcn  box  mu.st  then  be  packed  in  an  outside  box 
ide  of  sound  lumber  not  less  than  1  inch  in  thick- 
>s  and  free  from  loose  knots  and  cracks.  Tiglitly 
2ked  sawdust  or  excelsior,  at  least  1  inch  thick 
all  points,  nmst  .separate  the  inside  from  the  out- 
e  wooden  box.  More  than  20,000  blasting  caps 
ist  not  l>e  placed  in  one  outside  package, 
f  the  outside  box  is  to  contain  not  more  than 
00  caps,  the  inside  box  may  be  omitted,  and  tlie 
tside  box  may  be  made  of  J-inch  lunil>er  ;  but  in 
s  case  tlie  tin  boxes  in  pasteboard  cartons  must 
separated  from  the  outside  box  at  all  points  by  at 
ist  1  inch  of  tightly  packed  sawdust  or  excelsior. 
le  tin  box  containing  not  more  than  100  caps  may 
packed  with  .safety  fuze.  (Par.  1648.) 
Electric  bhusting  caps  must  be  p;icked  in  paste- 
ard  cartons  containing  not  more  than  50  caps 
3h.  Those  cartons  must  be  packed  in  a  wooden 
X  made  of  lumber  not  less  than  one-half  inch  in 
ickness. 

A.11  boxes  containing  more  than  .'),000  blasting 
ps  or  weighing  more  than  50  pounds,  gross 
;ight,  must  be  provided  with  cleats  or  handles, 
d  all  lids  must  be  securely  fastened. 


161.2.  Welglil. — The  gross  weight  of  an  outside 
package  containing  blasting  caps  or  electric  blast- 
ing caps  must  not  exceed  l.'iO  pounds. 

1613.  Harking. — Each  outside  package  must  be 
plainly  marked  "BLASTING  CAPS-HANDLE 
CAREFULLY,"  or  "ELECTRIC  BLASTING 
CAPS— HANDLE  CAREFULLY."  In  addition  each 
box  mu.st  bear  the  marking  "  DO  NOT  STORE  OR 
LOAD  WITH  ANY  HIGH  EXPLOSIVE.' 

1614.  Cur. — Certificate  and  placard  as  prescril>ed 
by  paragraphs  1661  and  1606  are  required  for  ship- 
ments of  blasting  caps  in  any  quantity,  except  that 
a  shipment  of  not  more  than  100  blasting  caps  may 
be  transported  in  a  box  car  in  good  condition  with- 
out car  certificate  or  placard. 

DETONATING  FUZES. 

1615.  Packing. — Detonating  fuzes  must  be 
packed  in  strong,  tight  boxes  provided  with  cleats 
or  handles,  and  each  fuze  must  be  well  secured. 

1616.  "Weigh I. — The  gross  weight  of  one  outside 
package  must  not  exceed  150  pounds. 

1617.  Marking. — Each  outside  package  must  be 
plainly  marked  "DETONATING  FUZES— HAN- 
DLE CAREFULLY." 

1618.  Car. — A  car  containing  detonating  fuzes  in 
any  quantity  must  be  certified  and  placarded  as 
prescribed  by  paragraphs  1661  and  1666. 

PRIMERS,  PERCUSSION  AND  TIME  FUZES. 

1619.  Packing. — Primers,  percussion  and  time 
fuzes  must  be  packed  in  strong,  tight  boxes,  with 
special  provision  for  securing  individual  packages 
of  primers  and  fuzes  against  movement  in  the  box. 

Small-arms  primers,  containing  anvils,  must  be 
packed  after  December  31,  1909,  in  cellular  pack- 
ages with  partitions  separating  the  layers  and  col- 
umns of  primers,  so  that  the  explosion  of  a  iX)rtion 
of  the  primers  in  the  completed  shipping  package 
will  not  cause  the  explosion  of  all  of  the  primers. 

Percussion  caps  may  be  packed  in  metal  or  other 
boxes  containing  not  more  than  500  caps,  but  the 
construction  of  the  cap,  and  the  kind  and  quantity 
of  explosives  in  each  must  be  such  that  the  explo- 
sion of  a  part  of  the  caps  in  the  completed  ship- 
ping i)ackage  will  not  cause  tlje  explosion  of  all  of 
the  caps. 

Sniall-arins  primers  and  percussion  caps  may  form 
a  part  of  the  gross  weiglit  of  75  pounds  of  small- 
arms  ammiinitioii  that  may  be  packed  with  other 
articles  as  autliorized  by  paragraph  KiOl. 

1620.  W^cighl.    The  gross  weight  of  one  outside 

package  must  not  cxi-t'cd  150  pounds. 

1621.  l?Iarkiiig.  — Each  outside  l»ox  nmst  he 
plainly  marked  "SMALL- A  RMS  PRIMEltS— HAN- 
DLE CAREFULLY."  or  "PERCUSSION  CAPS- 
HANDLE  CAREFULLY,"  or  "CANNON  PRIM- 
ERS-HANDLE CAREFULLY,"  or  "COMBINA- 
TION PRIMERS-HANDLE  t'AREFULLY."  or 
"PERCUSSION    FUZES— HANDLE    CARE- 


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FULLY,"  or  "COMBINATION  FUZES— HANDLE 
CAREFULLY,"  etc. 

1022.  Car. — Primers,  percussion  anil  time  fuzes 
may  be  shipped  in  a  box  car  whicli  is  in  good  condi- 
tion without  the  placard  prescribed  by  paragraph 
1663. 


GROUP  7.— FIREWORKS. 
COMMON  FIREWORKS. 

1641.  Packing^. — Common  fireworks  must  be  in 
a  finished  state,  exclusive  of  mere  ornamentation, 
as  supplied  to  the  retail  trade,  and  must  be  securely 
packed  in  strong,  tight,  spark-proof  boxes. 

1642.  Harking^. — Each  outside  package  must  be 
plainly  marked  "COMMON  FIREWORKS- 
KEEP  FIRE  AWAY." 

1643.  Car. — Common  fireworks  may  be  shipped 
in  a  box  car  which  is  in  good  condition  (par.  1663), 
but  they  must  not  be  loaded  in  the  same  car  with 
explosives  or  with  inflammable  articles  (par.  1680). 

A  car  containing  any  quantity  of  common  fire- 
works must  be  protected  by  the  "  INFLAM- 
MABLE "  placard.     (See  par.  1668.) 

SPECIAL  FIREWORKS. 

1644.  Packing^. — Special  fireworks  must  be  in  a 
finished  state,  exclusive  of  mere  ornamentation,  as 
supplied  to  the  retail  trade,  and  must  not  contain 
a  blasting  cap  or  detonator.  (See  par.  1501  (/).) 
They  must  be  securely  packed  in  strong,  tight, 
spark-proof  boxes,  that  comply  with  General  Rules 
D,  E,  and  F,  provided  with  cleats  or  handles. 

1645.  Weight. — The  gross  weight  of  one  outside 
package  containing  special  fireworks  must  not 
exceed  200  pounds. 

1646.  ITIarking. — Each  outside  package,  if  it  con- 
tains special  or  a  mixture  of  common  and  special 
fireworks,  must  be  plainly  marked  "  SPECIAL 
FIREWORKS— HANDLE  CAREFULLY— KEEP 
FIRE  AWAY." 

1647.  Car. — Special  fireworks  may  be  shipped  in 
any  box  car  which  is  in  good  condition  (par.  1663J, 
but  they  must  not  be  loaded  in  the  same  car  with 
explosives  or  inflammable  articles  (par.  1680).  A 
car  containing  any  quantity  of  special  or  otlier  fire- 
works must  be  protected  by  the  "  INFLAMMABLE" 
placard.    (See  par.  1663.) 


SAFETY  FUSE  AND  SAFETY  SQUIBS. 

1648.  Safety  fuse  and  safety  squibs,  when  properly 
boxed  or  packed  in  barrels,  may  be  accepted  for  ship- 
ment and  loaded  in  any  car  with  any  otiier  kind  of  an 
explosive  or  inflammable  substance  or  with  other 
freight.  If  blasting  caps  are  packed  with  safety  fuse 
the  outside  package  must  be  marked  as  prescribed  by 
paragraph  1613.     (See  par.  1611.) 


Section  III. — Selection  and  Preparation  of 
Cars. 

1G61.  The  safe  transportation  of  explosives  dei)end3 
very  largely  upon  tiie  kind  and  condition  of  the  car 
in  which  they  are  loaded.     For  the  transportation  of — 

Black  or  brown  powder, 

High  explosives. 

Smokeless  powder  for  small-arms, 

Fulminates, 

Blasting  caps, 

Electric  blasting  caps, 

Ammunition  for  cannon — explosive  projectiles, 

Explosive  projectiles,  or 

Detonating  fuzes, 
only  certified  and  placarded  box  cars  may  be  u.sed. 
(See  pars.  1662  and  1666.)* 

1662.  Certified  cars  must  be  inspected  inside  and  out- 
side and  must  conform  to  the  following  specifications : 

(a)  Not  less  than  60,000  pounds  capacity.  Steel 
under-frame  box  cars  or  other  box  cars  with  friction 
draft  gear  should  be  used  when  available.  On  nar- 
row-gauge and  other  railroads,  all  of  whose  freight 
cars  are  of  less  than  60,000  pounds  capacity,  explo- 
sives may  be  transported  in  cars  of  less  than  that 
capacity,  provided  the  cars  of  greatest  capacity  and 
strength  are  used  for  this  purpose. 

(b)  Must  be  equipped  with  air  brakes  and  hand 
brakes  in  condition  for  service. 

(c)  Must  have  no  loose  boards  or  cracks  in  the 
roof,  sides,  or  ends. 

(d)  The  doors  must  shut  so  clo.sely  that  no  sparks 
can  get  in  at  the  joints,  and,  when  necessarj-,  they 
must  be  stripped.  The  stripping  for  flush  doors 
should  be  on  the  inside  and  nailed  to  the  door  frame 
where  it  will  form  a  shoulder  against  which  the 
closed  door  is  pressed.  The  opening  under  the  doors 
should  be  similarly  closed. 

(e)  The  journal  boxes  and  trucks  must  be  care- 
fully examined  and  put  in  such  condition  as  to 
reduce  to  a  minimum  the  danger  of  hot  boxes  or 
other  failure  necessitating  the  setting  off  of  the  car 
before  reaching  destination.  The  lids  or  covers  of 
journal  boxes  must  be  in  place. 

(/)  The  car  must  be  carefully  swept  out  before 
it  is  loaded.  Holes  in  the  floor  or  lining  must  be 
repaired  and  special  care  taken  to  have  no  project- 
ing nails  or  bolts  or  exposed  pieces  of  metal  wliich 
may  work  loose  or  produce  holes  in  packages  of  ex- 
plosives during  transit. 

(g)  When  the  car  is  to  be  fully  loaded  with  ex- 
plosives or  when  exjjlosives  are  loaded  over  exposed 
draft  bolts  or  kingbolts,  these  bolts  must  have  sliort 
pieces  of  solid,  sound  wood  (2-inch  plank),  spiked 
to  the  floor  over  them  to  prevent  possibility  of  their 
wearing  into  the  packages  of  explosives. 

(h)  The  roof  of  the  car  must  be  carefully  in- 
spected from  the  outside  for  decayed  spots,  espe- 
cially under  or  near  the  running  board,  and  such 
spots  must  be  covered  to  prevent  their  holding  fire 
from  sparks.  A  car  with  a  roof  generally  decayed, 
even  if  tight,  must  not  be  used. 


*  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1305,  1300  aud  1307 


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(i)  When  explosives  are  to  be  carried  in  a  "  way 
car""  one  should  be  selected  with  flush  doors  in 
good  condition  or  with  doors  fitting  so  tightly  that 
stripping  will  not  be  necessary. 

(A:)  The  carrier  must  have  car  examined  to  see 
that  it  is  properly  prepared,  and  must  have  a  "  Car 
Certificate"  signed  in  triplicate  upon  the  prescribed 
form  (par.  1665)  before  p)ermitting  the  car  to  be 
loaded. 

(I)  Cars  not  in  proper  condition,  as  above  specified, 
must  not  be  furnished  to  the  shipiier  or  used  for  the 
transportation  of  explosives.* 

568.  Carload  or  less  than  carload  lots  of — 

Small-arms  ammunition, 

Primers, 

Percussion  fuzes, 

Time  or  combination  fuzes, 

Ammunition  for  cannon — empty  projectiles. 

Smokeless  powder  for  cannon,  or 

Fireworks, 
y  be  loaded  in  any  box  car  which  is  in  good  condition. 
>  which  sparks  cannot  enter,  and  whose  roof  is  not  in 
iger  of  taking  fire  through  unprotected  decayed  wood. 
?se  cars  may  be  used  without  being  certified  and  pla- 
ded  as  prescribed  by  paragraphs  1661  and  1666  ;  but 
s  containing— 


Ammuuition  for  cannon — empty  projectiles. 
Smokeless  powder  for  cannon,  or 
Fireworks, 

must  be  protected  by  the  *'  INFLAMMABLE"  placard 
(see  par.  1940),  and  the  doors  must  l»e  stripjjed  when 
necessary,  f 

PLACARDING    OF    CARS    AND    CERTIFICA- 
TION   OF    CONTENTS. 

1664.  Uniform  practice  is  important,  and  the  pre- 
scribed forms  of  car  certificates  and  placards  must  be 
used.J 

1665.  Car  Cert  ill eafc— The  following  certificate 
(prescribed  by  par.  1662  k),  printed  on  strong  tag  l)oard 
measuring  7x7  inches,  must  be  duly  executetl  in  tripli- 
cate by  the  carrier,  and  by  the  shipper  if  he  loads 
the  shipment.  The  original  must  be  filed  by  the  car- 
rier at  the  forwarding  station,  and  the  other  two  must 
be  attached  to  the  outside  of  the  car  doors,  one  on  each 
side,  the  lower  edge  of  the  certificate  4}^  feet  above 
the  floor  level. § 


<»  A  "way  car"  is  one  from  which  shipments  are  unloaded  by  the 
train  crew. 
*  A.-R.  A.  Rules  i;J06,  1307  and  1310.        +  A.  R.  A.  Rule  13*17. 
t  A.  R.  A.  Rule  1301.       §  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301, 1300  and  1307. 


CAR  CERTIFICATE. 


No.  1. 


.Station, 


,19 


I  hereby  certify  that  I  have  this  day  personally  examined car  No and 

that  the  roof  and  sides  have  no  loose  boards,  holes,  or  cracks,  or  unprotected  decayed  spots  liable  to  hold 
sparks  and  start  a  fire ;  that  the  kingbolts  or  draft  bolts  are  properly  protected,  and  that  there  are  no  un- 
covered irons  or  nails  projecting  from  the  floor  or  sides  of  t,he  car  which  might  injure  packages  of  explosives  ; 
also,  that  the  floor  is  In  good  condition  and  has  this  day  been  cleanly  swept  before  the  car  was  loaded  ;  that  I 
have  examined  all  the  axle  boxes,  and  that  they  are  properly  covered,  packed,  and  oiled,  and  that  the  air 
brakes  and  hand  brakes  are  la  condition  for  service. 


'  Hallway  Etni)loye  InspectUig  Car. 


No.  2. 


.19 


I  hereby  certify  that  I  have  this  day  personally  examined  the  above  car,  that  the  floor  is  in  good  condition 
and  has  been  cleanly  swept,  and  that  the  roof  and  sides  have  no  hiose  boards,  holes,  cracks,  or  unprotectinl 
decayed  sjxjts  liable  to  hold  sparks  and  start  a  fire  ;  that  the  kingbolts  and  draft  l)olt8  are  protected,  and  that 
there  are  no  uncovered  irons  or  nails  projecting  from  the  floor  or  sides  of  the  car  wliich  might  injure  packages 
of  explosives  ;  that  the  explosives  in  tliis  car  liave  been  loaded  and  stayed,  and  tluit  tlic  car  has  luen  phicarded 
according  to  parasrraphs  IWl.  IWjfl,  and  1674  to  108.3,  inclusive,  of  the  Regulations  for  the  Transportation  of 
Kxphjsivcs  prescribed  by  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission;  that  the  doors  fit  so  tightly  or  have  beea 
stripped  so  that  sparks  cannot  get  in  at  the  joints  or  bottom. 

•  Shipper  or  Duly  Authorized  Agent. 


*  Railway  EmiAoyt  Impecting,  Loading  and  Staying. 


Note.— Both  certificates  must  bo  signed.  Certificate  Xo.  1  by  the  rejjrcsentatlve  of  the  carrier.  For  all 
BhIpmenU  loaded  by  tlio  sliippcr.  he,  or  his  authorized  agent,  and  the  representative  of  thtj  carrier  must  slga 
certificate  No.  2.  When  the  car  Is  not  loa<led  by  shipper  certificate  No.  2  must  be  signed  only  by  the  repro- 
Bentative  of  the  carrier.    A  sliipper  sliould  decline  to  use  a  oar  not  in  proper  condition. 

*  A.  R.  A.  Standard  Certlfiuate,  Rules  1801, 1900  and  1307. 


066.  Plaoar*!. — Each  car  containing  any  of  the 
jlosives  specified  in  paragraph  KJOl,  and  in  any 
iutities  must  be  protecti-tl  by  attaching  to  the 
Dside  of  the  car  on  both  sides  and  ends,  the  lower 


edge  4J^  feet  al)Ove  the  car  floor,  a  standard  placard, 
12  X  14  inches,  on  wliich  will  ap[)ear  in  conspicuous 
red  an<l  black  printing,  on  strong  taglnmrd,  the 
following  notice:^!  


A.  R.  A.  Rules  1801  and  1307. 


1^ 

E3CI>I-OSIV  E^ 

handle:  caref^ully 


KEEP 


FIRE    AWAY 

(To  be  printed  in  red.) 

Station 19. 


CONDENSED  RULES  FOR  HANDLING  THIS  CAR. 

1.  This  car  must  not  be  placed  in  a  psissenger  train  ; 
nor  in  a  mixed  train  if  avoidable. 

2.  Cars  containinfj;  explosives  must  be  near  center  of 
tyain  and  may  be  together  if  desired  ;  must  be  at  least 
fifteen  cars  from  engine  and  ten  cars  from  caboose 
when  length  of  train  will  permit. 

Cars  containing  explosives  must  be  placed  between 
box  cars  which  are  not  loaded  with  inflammable  arti- 
cles, charcoal,  cotton,  acid,  lumber,  iron,  pipe,  or 
other  articles  liable  to  break  through  end  of  car  from 
xough  handling. 


4.  A  steel  underf  rame  car  containing  explosives  may 
be  placed  between  steel  hopper  cars  In  train. 

5.  The  air  and  hand  brakes  on  this  car  must  be  in 
service. 

6.  In  shifting,  have  a  car  between  this  car  and  en- 
gine whenever  possible,  and  do  not  cut  this  car  off 
while  in  motion. 

7.  Avoid  all  shocks  to  this  car  and  couple  carefully. 

8.  Avoid  placing  it  near  a  possible  source  of  fire. 

9.  Engines  on  parallel  track  must  not  be  allowed  to 
stand  opposite  or  near  this  car  when  it  can  be  avoided. 


*  Agents  at  Destination  and  Transfer  Stations,  Yardmasters  and  Conductors  are  responsible  that  these 
cards  are  removed  from  car  as  soon  as  the  explosives  are  unloaded. 

*  A.  R.  A.  Standard  Placard,  Rules  1301,  1307  and  Regulation  1695. 


1667.  A  car  containing  any  of  the  explosives  (as 
prescribed  in  par.  1661)  must  not  be  permitted  to  leave 
a  station  or  siding  without  having  the  certificates  and 
placard  prescribed  in  paragraphs  1665  and  1666  securely 
and  properly  affixed.* 

1668.  Shippers'  Certificate. — Before  any  package 
containing  one  or  more  of  the  following  articles  : 

Black  or  brown  powder, 

High  explosives, 

Smokeless  powder  for  cannon, 

Smokeless  powder  for  small-arms, 

Fulminates, 

Small-arms  ammunition, 

Ammunition  for  cannon — explosive  projectiles, 

Ammunition  for  cannon — empty  projectiles, 

Explosive  projectiles, 

Empty  projectiles, 

Detonating  fuzes. 

Blasting  caps. 

Electric  blasting  caps. 

Primers  (naming  kind). 

Percussion  fuzes, 

Time  or  combination  fuzes, 

Common  or  special  fireworks, 

Safety  fuse,  or 

Safety  squibs, 
can  be  accepted,  the  shipper  must  prepare  and  deliver 
to  the  carrier  a  shipping  order  on  which  each  article  is 
entered  under  its  proper  name,  as  specified  in  this  para- 
graph, and  over  the  signature  of  shipper  or  his  duly 
authorized  agent,  must  be  printed,  written,  or  stamped, 
and  made  part  of  the  shipping  order,  the  following  cer- 
tificate: 

This  is  to  certify  that  the  above  articles  arc  properly  described  by 
name  and  are  packed  and  marked  and  are  in  proper  condition  for 
transportation,  according  to  the  regulations  prescribed  by  the  Inter- 
state Commerce  Commission. 

The  carrier  must  see  that  the  shipment  is  properly 
described  and  that  the  correct  gross  weight  is  given  on 


■■  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301,  1306,  1307  and  1310. 


the  revenue  waybill.  The  carrier  must  also  cause  to  be 
written  or  stamped  on  the  face  of  the  card  and  revenue 
waybill : 

"  Shippers'  Certificate  on  File  with  Initial  Carrier." 
The  card  waybill,  for  a  car  containing  any  quantity 
of  tlie  explosives  named  in  paragraph  1661,  must  also 
have  plainly  stamped  across  the  top,  the  word  •' EX- 
PLOSIVES, "f 

1669.  The  carrier  must  see  that  the  shipping  order 
for  explosives  is  kept  at  stations  where  the  shipments 
originate  on  a  separate  file,  together  with  all  original 
Car  Certificates  that  pertain  to  that  station.  The  du- 
plicate and  triplicate  Car  Certificates  taken  from  cars 
unloaded  at  any  station  may  be  destroyed  if  there  are 
no  violations  of  the.se  regulations  to  report.  (See  para- 
graph G,  General  Rules. )t 

SHIPMENTS  FROM  CONNECTING  LINES. 

1670.  Cars  containing  explosives,  as  specified  in  para- 
graph 1661,  which  are  offered  by  connecting  lines  must 
be  carefully  inspected,  without  unnecessary  disturb- 
ance of  lading,  by  the  receiving  line  to  see  that  these 
regulations  have  been  complied  with,  and  the  car  must 
not  be  forwarded  until  all  discovered  violations  are 
corrected. 

Shipments  of  explosives  offered  by  connecting  steam- 
ship lines  must  comply  with  these  regulations,  and 
revenue  waybill  must  bear  the  indorsements  prescribed 
by  paragraph  1668. § 

HANDLING  OF  EXPLOSIVES. 

1671.  In  handling  packages  of  explosives  at  stations 
and  in  cars  the  greatest  care  must  be  taken  to  prevent 
their  falling  or  getting  sliocks.  Tliey  must  not  bt' 
thrown,  dropped,  nor  rolled. ■[ 


+  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301,  1.304  and  1.305. 
J  A.  R.  A.  Rules  13Ctl,  1304,  1305  and  1306. 
§  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1301,  1304  and  13<)6. 
1  A.  R.  A.  Rules  I'lOl  and  1307. 


14 


72.  The  carrier  must  choose  careful  men  io  handle 
osives,  must  see  that  the  platform  and  the  feet  of  tlie 
.  are  as  free  as  possible  from  grit,  and  must  take  all 
ible  precautions  against  fire.  Unauthorized  persons 
t  not  be  allowed  to  have  access  to  explosives  at  any 
;  wliile  they  are  in  the  custody  of  the  carrier.  Suit- 
provision  must  be  made,  outside  of  the  station, 

n  practicable,  for  the  safe  storaj;e  of  exi>losives,  and 
y  effort  possible  must  be  made  to  reduce  tlie  time 
lis  storage.  Prompt  removal  by  consignee  must  be 
reed,  to  avoid  unnecessary  danger.* 

73.  Shipments  of  high  explosives  and  powder  should 
be  unloaded  at  a  nonagency  station  iinless  the  con- 
ee  is  there  to  receive  them,  or  unless  satisfactory 
ige  facilities  are  provided  at  that  point  for  their 
ection.f 

LOADING  IN  CAR. 

74.  Boxes  of  explosives  when  loaded  in  the  car, 
t  rest  on  their  bottoms.  A  car  must  not  contain 
3  than  70,000  pounds  gross  weight  of  explosives,  t 

limit  does  not  apply  to  shipments  of  ammunition. 

75.  Explosives  packed  in  round  kegs,  except  when 
;d,  must  be  loaded  on  their  sides  with  heads  towards 
1  of  the  car ;  and  they  must  not  be  placed  in  the 
e  opposite  the  doors  unless  the  doorways  are 
ded  on  tlie  inside  as  high  as  the  lading. 

irge  casks,  barrels,  or  drums  may  be  loaded  on  their 
3  or  ends  as  will  best  suit  the  conditions,  f 

76.  Packages  containing  any  of  the  explosives  for 
transportation  of  wliich  a  certified  and  placarded 
s  prescribed  (par.  1601 )  must  be  stayed  (blocked  and 
ed)  by  whoever  loads  the  car,  to  prevent  change 
osition  by  the  ordinary  shocks  incident  to  trans- 
ation.  Special  care  must  be  used  to  prevent 
a  from  falling  to  the  floor  or  from  having  any- 
g  fall  01  them  during  transit.  To  prevent  delays 
ay-freigiit  trains,  wlien  there  is  more  than  one  ship- 
t  of  explosives  loaded  in  a  "  peddle  "  or  "  way -car," 
I  .shipment  should  be  stayed  separately.  If  the 
ing  is  broken  down  to  unload  a  shipment  of  ex- 
ives  the  remaining  packjiges  must  be  restayed.§ 

77.  Detonating  fuzes  or  blasting  caps,  or  electric 
Ling  caps,  must  not  be  loaded  in  a  car  or  stored 
1  high  explosives  of  any  kind,  including  explosive 
ectiles,  nor  with  wet  nitro-cellulose,  nor  with  smoke- 
powder  for  small  arms.t 

78.  Fulminates  in  bulk  iinist  not  bn  loaded  witli 
explosive  or  inflammable  article.^ 

79.  When  necessjiry,  detonating  fu/es  may  l)e  as- 
bled  in  explosive  projectiles  shipped  by  the  United 
;e3  Government. 

L.R.  A.  Rule  1301. 

..  R.  A.  Rules  l.'ilO  and  lull. 

..  R.  A.  Rule  1307. 

.  R.  A.  Rules  1307  and  l.KW.     Whoever  loads  the  car  must  furnlsli 

umber  and  labor  required  for  Htaylni;  all  s)il[inients  loaded  by 

I,  and  this  luinl)er  should  not  be  less  than  two  (2)  Inches  thick, 

pt  incases  whore  this  thickness  Is  niaTiifestly  notreciulred.or  un- 

otherwise  apucifled  by  the  Bureau  of  Kxploalvcs. 


lOSO.  Fireworks  must  not  be  loaded  in  the  same  car 
with  any  otlier  explo.-ive  or  inflanmiable  substance, 
except  small-arms  ammunition,  primers,  percussion 
fuzes,  time  or  combination  fuzes,  safety  fuze,  and  safety 
.squibs,  t 

1682.  Inflammable  substances  of  all  kinds,  acids, 
matclies,  fireworks,  drugs,  chemicals,  and  cyHnders  con- 
taining compressed  g;ises  in  liquid  or  gaseous  state, 
whether  protected  by  laV)els  or  not,  must  not  be  placed 
in  a  car  containing  explosives  (except  small-arms  am- 
munition, primers,  percussion  fuzes,  time  or  combina- 
tion fuzes,  safety  fuze,  and  .safely  .s<iuibs);  nor  must  ex- 
plosives be  stored  on  railway  property  near  tliese  arti- 
cles.:^ 

When  practicable  certain  and  separate  days  should  be 
assigned  for  receiving  from  8hipi>ers  less  than  carload 
lots  of  explosives.] 

1683.  In  a  car  containing  explosives  all  packages  of 
other  freight  must  be  so  loaded  and  stayed  as  to  pre- 
vent all  injury  of  packages  of  explosives  during  transit. 
When  it  is  possible,  explosives  should  be  loaded  so  as  to 
avoid  transfer  stations.''^ 

HANDLING  CARS  CONTAINING 
EXPLOSIVES. 

1684.  Cars  containing  explosives  must  not  be  hauled 
in  a  i)assenger  train  ;  nor  in  a  mixed  train  when  this 
can  be  avoided.  The  phrase  "  cars  containing  explo- 
sives" as  used  in  this  and  subsequent  paragraphs,  ex- 
cepting paragraph  1097,  refers  to  the  explosives  specified 
in  paragraph  1661.  This  does  not  apply  to  explosives 
lawfully  transported  in  a  baggage  or  express  car  in  a  pas- 
senger train,  in  accordance  with  section  1  of  the  act  of 
Congress,  appro\ed  May  30,  1908.** 

1685.  EXPEDITING    SHIPMENTS    OF    EXPLOSIVES.- 

Every  possible  effort  must  be  made  to  expedite  the 
movement  of  cars  containing  explosives.ff 

1686.  IN  THROUGH  ROAD  TRAINS.— Cars  containing 
explosives,  nuist  be  i)laced  near  the  center  of  the  train, 
and  two  or  more  such  cars  may  be  placed  togetlier  if 
desired.  They  must  be  at  least  fifteen  (15)  cars  from 
the  engine  and  ten  (10)  cars  from  the  caboose  when 
length  of  train  will  permit. 

Such  cars  must  be  placed  between  box  cars  which  are 
not  loaded  with  infiammablo  articles,  charcoal,  cotton, 
acid,  lumber,  iron,  pips  or  other  articles  liable  to  break 
through  end  of  car  from  rougli  handling. 

Wlien  explosives  are  loaded  in  steel  imderfraino  cars, 
sut^h  cars  may  be  placed  in  train  between  steel  hopper 
cars.  All  cars  containing  explosives  nuist  have  air 
and  liand  brakes  in  service.** 

1687.  IN   SHIFTING   AND   LOCAL  FREIGHT  TRAINS.- 

Cars  containing  explosives,  nuist  be  coupled  in  the  air 
service  and  placed  as  near  the  center  of  the  train  li--^ 
possible.** 

<»  At  stations  whore  It  U  noiiessary  to  luindle  exploslvM  at  nljfht 
It  Isrecornniendwl  that  Inoandoseent  elootrio  ll«ht»  bo  provided. 
■  A.  R.  A.  Rule  l.'XM. 
••  A.  It.  A.  Rules  1300  and  1310. 
tt  A.  R.  A.  Rules  130',  1300  and  1310. 


15 


1688.  HANDLING  IN  YARDS.  — When  handling  cars 
containing  explosives,  in  yards  or  on  sidings,  they 
must,  unless  it  is  practically  impossible,  be  coupled  to 
the  engine  protected  by  a  car  between,  and  they  must 
never  be  cut  off  while  in  motion. 

They  must  be  coupled  carefully  and  all  unnecessary 
shocks  must  be  avoided.  Other  cars  must  not  be  allowed 
to  strike  a  car  containing  explosives.  They  must  be 
so  placed  in  yards  or  on  sidings  that  they  will  be  subject 
to  as  little  handling  as  possible,  removed  from  all  danger 
of  fire,  and,  when  avoidable,  engines  on  parallel  tracks 
must  not  be  allowed  to  stand  opposite  or  near  them.* 

1689.  Under  no  circumstances  must  a  car  known  to 
require  the  "EXPLOSIVES"  placard  be  taken  from  a 
station,  including  transfer  stations,  or  a  siding,  unless 
it  is  properly  carded  as  per  paragraphs  1661  and  1666,  nor 
unless  the  car  is  in  proper  condition.* 

1690.  "When  a  car  containing  explosives  is  in  a  train, 
the  carrier  must  make  proper  provision  for  notifying 
its  train  and  engine  employes  of  the  presence  and  loca- 
tion of  such  car  in  the  train  before  leaving  the  initial 
station.* 

1691.  Such  cars  must  be  frequently  inspected  to  see 
that  the  carding  is  intact.  Whenever  any  of  these  cards 
become  detached  or  lost  in  transit  they  must  be  replaced 
on  arrival  at  the  next  division  terminal  yard.* 

1693.  Unless  otherwise  arranged  for,  when  a  car  con- 
taining explosives,  is  to  be  transferred,  unloaded,  or 
stored  for  any  purpose,  at  a  given  junction,  station,  or 
yard,  the  carrier  must  provide  for  due  notice  to  such 
station,  by  wire,  of  the  probable  time  of  arrival  and 
the  number  of  cars  (not  car  numbers),  in  order  that 
proper  provision  may  be  made  at  that  point  for  handling 
the  same.* 

1693.  At  points  where  trains  stop  cars  containing  ex- 
plosives and  adjacent  cars  must  be  examined  to  see 
if  they  are  in  good  condition  and  free  from  hot  boxes 
or  other  defects  liable  to  cause  damage.  If  cars  con- 
taining explosives  are  set  out  short  of  destination  for 
any  cause,  the  carrier  must  arrange  that  proper  notice 
be  given  to  prevent  accident. f 

1694.  Whenever  a  car  containing  explosives  is 
opened  for  any  purpose  inspection  must  be  made  of  the 
packages  of  explosives  to  see  that  they  are  properly 
stayed  and  in  good  condition  and  that  no  box  of 
dynamite  is  standing  on  its  end  or  side.  Upon  the 
discovery  of  leaking  dynamite  or  loose  powder  the 
defective  packages  must  be  carefully  removed  to  a 
safe  place.  Loose  powder  or  otlier  explosives  must  be 
swept  up  and  carefully  removed.  If  the  floor  is  wet 
with  nitroglycerin,  the  car  is  unsafe  to  use  and  a  local 
inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Explosives  should  be  imme- 
diately called  to  superintend  the  thorough  mopping  and 


washing  of  the  floor  with  a  warm,  saturated  solution  of 
concentrated  lye  or  .sodium  carbonate.  If  necessary, 
the  car  must  be  placed  on  an  isolated  siding  and  proper 
notice  given.  J    (See  pars.  1534  and  1535.  )t 

1695.  The  certificates  and  placards  prescribed  in  pars. 
1665  and  1666  must  be  removed  from  the  car  as  soon  as 
the  explosives  are  unloaded. § 

1696.  Carriers  must  see  that  all  shippers  of  explosives 
in  their  territory  are  furnished  with  copies  of  these  regu- 

tions.ll 

IN  CASE  OF  A  WRECK. 

1697.  In  case  of  a  wreck  involving  a  car  containing 
explosives,  the  first  and  most  important  precaution 
is  to  prevent  fire.  Although  most  of  the  group, 
"  high  explosives,"  may  burn  in  small  amounts  quietly 
and  without  causing  a  disastrous  explosion,  yet  every- 
thing possible  must  be  done  to  keep  fire  away.  Before 
beginning  to  clear  a  wreck  in  which  a  car  containing 
explo.sives  is  involved,  all  unbroken  packages  should 
be  removed  to  a  place  of  safety,  and  as  much  of  the 
broken  packages  as  possible  gathered  up  and  like- 
wise removed,  and  the  rest  saturated  with  water. 
Many  explosives  are  readily  fired  by  a  blow  or  by  the 
spark  produced  when  two  pieces  of  metal  or  a  piece  of 
metal  and  a  stone  come  violently  together.  In  clearing 
a  wreck,  therefore,  care  must  be  taken  not  to  strike  fire 
with  tools,  and  in  using  the  crane  or  locomotive  to  tear 
the  wi'eckage  in  pieces  the  possibility  of  producing  sparks 
must  be  considered.  With  most  explosives  thorough 
wetting  with  water  practically  removes  all  danger  of 
explosion  by  spark  or  blow  ;  but  with  the  dynamites, 
wetting  does  not  make  them  safe  from  blows.  With  all 
explosives,  mixing  with  wet  earth  renders  them  safer 
from  either  fire,  spark,  or  blow.  In  case  "  fulminate" 
has  been  scattered  by  a  wreck,  after  the  wreck  has 
been  cleared  the  top  surface  of  the  ground  should  be 
removed  and,  after  saturating  the  area  with  oil, 
replaced  by  fresh  earth.  If  this  is  not  done,  when  the 
ground  and  fulminate  become  dry,  small  explosions  may 
occur  when  the  mixed  material  is  trodden  on  or 
struck.^ 

1940.**  A  white  placard,  of  diamond  shape,  printed  on 
strong  tagboard,  measuring  15  inches  on  each  diagonal, 
and  bearing  in  red  and  black  letters  the  following 
inscription. +t  ••  INFLAMMABLE-KEEP  LIGHTS  AND 
FIRES  AWAY— HANDLE  CAREFULLY,"  must  be 
placed  on  each  outside  end  and  side  of  a  car  containing 
any  quantity  of  smokeless  powder  for  cannon,  or 
ammunition  for  cannon  with  empty  projectiles,  or  fire- 
works. |t 


*  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1309  and  1310. 

t  A.  R.  A.  Rule  1310. 

t  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1306, 1309  and  1310. 


§  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1.307, 1309  and  1310. 
!A.  R.  A.  Rule  1301. 
^  A.  R.  A.  Rules  1309, 1310  and  1312. 
**  I.  C.  C.  Xo.  18C8. 

+t  See  Regulations  for  Transportation  of  Inflammables,  etc.,  par. 
1940,  and  A.  R.  A.  Standard  Inflammable  Placard. 
$i  A.  R.  A.  Rule  1307. 


ARREIVIDIX. 


ACT  OF  MAY  »\  1908. 
t  to  promote  the  Safe  Transportation  in  Interstate  Com- 
rce  of    Explosives  and  Other  Dangerous  Articles,  and  to 
tvide  penalties  for  its  violation. 

enacted  by  the  Senate  and  Jlaufe  of  Jiepreftentalirett  of  the  United 
f  America  in  Congress  ossenMed,  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  to 
jrt,  carry,  or  convey  any  dynamite,  gunpowder,  br  other  ex- 
between  a  place  In  any  foreign  country  and  a  place  within 
ited  States,  or  a  place  in  any  State,  Territory,  or  District  of 
ited  States,  and  a  place  in  any  oilier  State,  Territory,  or  Dis- 
ereof,  on  any  vessel  or  vehicle  of  any  description  operated 
mmon  carrier,  which  vessel  or  vehicle  is  carrying  passengers 
5 :  Prorided,  That  it  shall  be  lawful  to  transport  on  any  such 
or  vehi('le,  small  arms  ammunition  In  any  quantity,  and  such 
torpedoes,  rockets,  or  other  signal  devices  as  may  be  essen- 
jromote  safety  in  operation,  and  properly  packed  and  marked 
3  of  explosives  for  laboratory  examination,  not  exceeding  a 
ight  of  one-half  pound  each,  and  not  exceedingtwenty  sam- 
one  time  in  a  sln;rle  vessel  or  vehicle;  but  such  samples  shall 
carried  in  that  part  of  a  vessel  or  vehicle  which  is  intended 
transportation  of  passengers  for  liire :  And  provided  further, 
athing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  trans- 
on  of  military  or  naval  forces  with  their  accompanying  muni- 
f  war  on  passenger  equipment  vessels  or  vehicles. 

2.  That  within  ninety  days  from  the  passage  of  this  Act  the 
ate  Commerce  Commission  shall  formulate  regulations  for 
a  transportation  of  explosives,  and  said  regulations  shall  be 
r  ujKin  all  common  carriers  engaged  in  interstate  commerce 
;ransport  explosives  by  land,  and  violations  of  them  shall  be 
,  to  the  penalties  hereinafter  provided.  The  Intei-state  Com- 
!3ommisslon,  on  its  own  motion  or  upon  application  made  by 
Crested  party,  may  make  changes  or  modifications  of  the 
ions  for  the  safe  transportation  of  explosives,  made  desirable 

information  or  altered  conditions,  and  such  changed  regula- 
lall  have  all  the  force  of  the  original  regulations.  The  regu- 
for  the  safe  transportation  of  explosives  referred  to  in  this 

shall  be  in  accord  with  the  best  known  practicable  means 
aring  safety  in  transit,  covering  the  packing,  marking,  load- 
ndling  while  In  transit,  and  the  precautions  necessary  to 
ine  whether  the  material  when  oEfered  is  in  proper  condition 
isport.  The  regulations  for  the  safe  transportation  of  ex- 
8  shall  take  effect  three  months  after  their  formulation  and 
.tion  by  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  and  shall  be 
t  until  reversed,  set  aside  or  modified. 

3.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  transport,  carry,  or  convey 
Qitroglycerin,  fulminate  in  bulk  In  dry  condition,  or  other 
plosive  between  a  place  in  a  foreign  country  and  a  place 
the  United  States,  or  a  place  in  one  State,  Territory,  or  Dis- 

the  United  States  and  a  place  In  any  other  State,  Territory, 
rict  thereof,  on  any  vessel  or  vehicle  of  any  description  oper- 
^  a  common  carrier  In  the  transportation  of  passengers  or 
I  of  commerce  by  land  or  water. 

1.  Every  package  containing  explosives  or  other  dangerous 
1  when  presented  to  a  common  carrier  for  shipment  shall 
lainly  marked  on  the  outside  thereof  the  contents  thereof, 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  deliver,  for  interstate  or 
I  transportation,  to  any  common  carrier  engaged  In  interstate 
Ign  commerce  bv  land  or  water,  or  to  cause  to  be  delivered, 
arry,  any  explosive,  or  other  dangerous  article,  under  any 
r  deceptive  marking,  description.  Invoice,  shipping  order,  or 
eclaratlon,  or  without  informing  the  agent  of  such  carrier  of 
le  character  thereof,  at  or  before  the  time  such  delivery  or 
e  Is  made. 

5.  That  every  person  who  knowingly  violates,  or  causes  to  be 
d,  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  be  deemed 
A  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  pun- 
or  each  offense  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  two  thousand  dollars, 
mprisoninerit  not  exceeding  eighteen  months,  or  by  both  such 
d  imprisonment.  In  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

6.  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect  immediately,  and  all  Acts 
s  of  Acts  in  conflict  therewith  are  hereby  repealed,  except 
I  forty-four  hundred  and  twenty-two  of  the  RcvlHed  Statutes 
United  States,  which  shall  remain  In  full  force  and  effect, 
oved.  May  30,  1908. 

:T  of  MAUCII  4,  1900,  KKFI-X'TIVK  JANHAUY  1,  1010. 
1  act  entitled  "An  act  to  c<jdlfy,  revise,  and  amend  the  penal 
f  the  United  States,"  approved  March  ■!,  llNKt,  to  take  effect 
In  force  on  and  after  the  first  day  of  January,  1910,  (ho  act 
d  "An  act  to  promote  the  safe  transportation  In  interstate 


commerce  of  explosives  and  other  dangeroos  articles,  and  to  provide 

penalties  for  its  violation,"  approved  May  30,  1908,  Is  repealed,  and 
the  following  sections  of  the  said  act  to  codify,  revi>ie,  and  amend 
the  penal  laws  of  the  liiited  States  are  substituted  therefor : 

Src.  232.  It  shall  l>c  unlawful  to  transport,  carry,  or  convey,  any 
dynamite,  guniwwder,  or  otner  explosive,  between  a  place  In  a 
foreign  country  and  a  jilaoe  within  or  subject  to  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  United  States,  or  between  a  place  In  any  State,  Territory,  or 
District  of  the  Uniti-d  States,  or  j)lace  noncontiguous  to  but  subject  to 
the  jurisdiction  thc-reof,  a!id  a  place  Inany  <jtlier  State,  Territor>-,  or 
District  of  the  United  States,  or  plai'C  noncontiguous  to  but  subject  to 
the  jurisdiction  thereof,  on  any  vessel  or  vehicle  of  any  description 
operated  by  a  common  carrier,  which  vessel  or  vehicle  Is  carr>'inif 
jiassengers  for  hire  :  Proridid,  That  It  shall  be  lawful  to  transport 
on  any  such  vessel  or  vehicle  small  arms  ammunition  In  any 
quantity,  and  such  fuses,  torpedoes,  rockets,  or  other  signal 
devices,  as  may  be  essential  to  promote  safety  In  ojjeration,  and 
properly  packed  and  marked  samples  of  explosives  for  lal>oratory 
examination,  not  exceeding  a  net  weight  of  one-half  pound  each, 
and  not  exceeding  twenty  samples  at  one  time  In  a  single  vessel  or 
vehicle ;  but  such  samples  shall  not  be  carried  In  that  part  of  a 
vessel  or  vehicle  which  is  intended  for  the  transportation  of  passen- 
gers for  hire  :  Provided fiirfhrr.  That  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be 
construed  to  i)revent  the  transportation  of  military  or  naval  forces 
with  their  accompanying  munitions  of  war  on  passenger  equipment 
vessels  or  vehicles. 

Sec  233.  The  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  shall  formolate 
regulations  for  the  safe  transportation  of  explosives,  which  shall  be 
binding  uiHin  all  common  carriers  engaged  in  Interstate  or  foreign 
commerce  which  transport  explosives  by  land.  Said  CommLssion, 
of  its  own  motion,  or  upon  application  made  by  any  interested 
party,  may  make  changes  or  modifications  in  such  regulations, 
made  desirable  by  new  information  or  altered  conditions.  Such 
regulations  shall  be  in  accord  with  the  best  kno\\-n  practicable 
means  for  securing  safety  in  transit,  covering  the  packing,  marking, 
loading,  handling  while  in  transit,  and  the  precautions  necessary  to 
determine  whether  the  material  when  offered  is  in  proi>er  condition 
to  transport.  Such  regulations,  as  well  as  all  changes  or  modifica- 
tions thereof,  shall  take  effect  ninety  days  after  their  fonnulatlon 
and  publication  Vjy  said  Commission  and  shall  be  In  effect  until 
reversed,  set  aside,  or  modified. 

Sec  234.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  transport,  carry,  or  convey,  liquid 
nitroglycerin,  fulminate  In  bulk  in  dry  condition,  or  other  like  explo- 
sive, between  a  place  in  a  foreign  country  and  a  place  within  or  sub- 
ject to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  or  between  place  in  one 
State,  Territory,  or  District  of  the  I'liitcd  States,  or  a  place  non- 
contiguous to  but  subject  to  the  jurisdiction  thereof,  and  a  place  in 
any  other  State,  Territon',  or  District  of  the  United  States,  or  place 
noncontiguous  to  but  subject  to  the  jurisdiction  thereof,  on  any 
vessel  or  vehicle  of  any  description  operated  by  a  common  carrier 
In  the  transportation  of  passengers  or  articles  of  commerce  by  land 
or  water. 

Sec  235.  Every  package  containing  explosives  or  other  dangert>us 
articles  when  presented  to  a  common  carrier  for  shipment  shall  have 
lilainly  marked  on  the  outside  thereof  the  contents  thereof  ;  and  It 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  deliver,  or  cause  to  bedelivcred» 
to  any  common  carrier  engaged  In  Interstate  or  fon^ign  commerce 
by  land  or  water,  for  interstate  or  foreign  transportation,  or  to  carry 
upon  any  vessel  or  vehicle  engaged  In  Interstate  or  foreign  transi>or- 
tation,  any  explosive,  or  other  dangerous  article,  under  any  false  or 
deceptive  marking,  description.  Invoice,  shipping  onler,  or  other 
declaration,  or  without  Informing  the  agent  of  such  carrier  of  the 
true  character  thereof,  at  or  before  the  time  such  delivery  or  car- 
riage Is  made.  Whoever  shall  knowingly  viol  ite,  or  cause  to  be 
violated,  any  provision  of  this  section,  or  of  tlie  three  sections  la.st 
preceding,  or  any  regulation  made  by  the  Interstate  Commi'rce 
Coniinission  In  imrsuance  thereof,  shall  be  lined  not  more  than  two 
thousand  dollars  (>r  iinprlsimed  not  iiioro  than  eighteen  months,  or 
both. 

Skc.  2;w.  When  the  death  or  bodily  injury  of  any  person  Is  caused 
by  the  explosion  of  aiiv  article  niinn-d  in  tlie  four  sections  last  prt^- 
•  •etling,  while  the  surne  Is  hciiig  pliu  ed  upon  any  vessel  or  vehicle  to 
be  transported  In  violiUion  thereof,  or  while  the  same  Is  being  so 
transported,  or  wliilo  the  sauK*  Is  being  removed  from  such  vessel  or 
vehicle,  th(i  p.rson  knowingly  placing,  or  nldlng_»>r  pi-rmltting  the 
placing  of  such  articles  up<>n  any  such  vessel  of  vehicle,  to  bo  so 
transported,  shall  bo  Imprisoned  not  more  than  ten  years. 

♦        »••••••••••♦ 

Sec  MTt.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  a!id  be  in  force  on  and  after 
the  first  day  of  .January,  nlti.i.-.ti  liiiiidrid  and  ten. 


in^TiDEix:. 


PARAGRAPH. 

Acids 1804,  1805,  1851  to  1857 

Label 1812,  1813 

List  of 1805 

Packing ; 1851  to  1857 

Packinfr  with  Other  Substances 1857 

Placard 1941 

Ashes 1894 

Barrels,  Empty 1904 

Bracing  and  Blocking 1892  to  1895 

Brakes  to  be  in  Order 1908 

Broken  Packages  to  be  Removed 1812, 1813 

Bromine 1804, 1805, 1851 

Calcium  Carbide 1894 

Camphor,  Crude 1894 

Carbon  Bisulphide 1805, 1825, 1826 

Carboys,  to  be  Blocked 1893 

Car  Brakes  to  be  in  Order 1908 

Card  WaybiUs 1874, 1875 

Charcoal 1805, 1837 

Cars  Must  be  Clean 1895 

Chemical  Laboratory,  Samples  to 1805 

Chipped  Bone 1894 

Coke  1894 

Chloride  of  Sulphur 1804,  1805,  1853 

Color  of  Label  to  be  Stated  on  Shipping  Order 1815 

On  Waybill 1873 

Compressed  Gases 1803 

Labels 1812, 1813 

List  of 1803 

Connecting  Lines B,  1879 

Copies  of  Regulations  to  be  Furnished  Shippers 1871 

Cotton 1894 

Cotton  Waste 1805, 1894 

Definitions 1801,1802,1803,  1804 

Description  of  Material  on  Shipping  Order 181 5 

Description  of  Material  on  Waybills 1873 

Directions  for  R.R.  Employes 1871  to  1940 

Directions  for  Shippers General  Notice,  A,  B  and  C,  1801  to  1857 

Doubtful  Articles— List  No.  2 1805 

Ether 1803, 1805, 1825, 1826 

Ethyl  Chloride 1805,  1825,  1826 

Ethyl  Nitrite 1805,1826 

Excelsior 1894 

Excepted  Articles— List  No.  3 1805 

Exemptions,  Label 1814 

Explosives  Requiring  "  Inflammable  "  Placard 1940 

Express  Companies,  Transportation  by C 

Fibre  1894 

Flashpoint 1801 

General  Notice Page  19 

General  Order A 

Gun  Cotton.    See  Dry  Nitro-Cellulose. 

Handling  Cars 1901  to  1909 

In  Trains 1905, 1906, 1907 

In  Yards 1908 

Hay 1894 

Hemp 1894 

Hydrochloric  Acid 1804, 1805,  ia53 

Hydrofluoric  Acid 1804, 1805, 1852 

Inflammable  Liquids 1801,  1805, 1822  to  1826 

Label 1812,  1818 

List  of  Examples 1805 

Packages  Not  to  be  Entirely  Filled 182G 

Packing 1822  to  1825 

Placard 1940 


PARAORAFH. 

Inflammables 1808,  1805,  IHM  to  1839 

Label 1S12,  lfti3 

List  of  Examples 1805 

Packing 1833  to  1839 

Placard.. 1940 

Inspection  of  Method  of  Packing A 


Jute 


.1894 


Label  Exemptions 1814 

Labels 1811  to  1814. 1901, 194:J 

Light  Greeu 1812, 1813 

Red 1812,  1813 

Yellow 1812, 1813 

White 1812, 1813 

Advertising  Not  Permitted 1813 

Lost,  to  be  Replaced 1901 

Must  Be  Provided  by  Shipper 1813 

Not  Required  on  Carload  Lots 1814 

Supply  to  be  Kept  by  Agent 1901 

Wording  of 1813 

Lanterns,  Lighted,  Not  to  be  Used 1891 

Leakage  of  Inflammable  Liquid 1891 

Leakage  of  Acids 1893 

Lighted  Lanterns  Not  to  be  Used 1891 

Lights  and  Lanterns 1891 

Lime 18M 

Lists  Nos.  1,  2  and  3 18a5 

Lost  Labels  to  be  Replaced 1901 

Matches 1802, 1805,  1892 

Metallic  Sodium  or  Potassium 1802, 1805 

Mixed  Acid 1804, 1805, 1S56 

Nitrates 1802,  1805 

Nitric  Acid 1801,1854,1855 

Nitro-Cellulose,  Dry.    See  High  Explosives. 

Nitro-Cellulose,  Soiution 1801,  1805 

Nitro-Cellulose,  Wet  With  Water 1802, 1838 

Wet  With  Solvent 1801, 1823 

Oakum  1894 

OilWeU  Cables 1894 

Packages,  Strength  of 1821 

Not  Properly  Labeled,  etc..  Refuse 1878 

Placards 1901  to  1W2 

On  Cars 1902,1905 

Removal  of 1903 

Placing  Tank  Cars  in  Train 1906. 1907 

In  Yards 1907 

Rags If^-* 

Red  Label,  Articles  or  Quantity  Requiring 1805, 1811 

Regulations  to  be  Furnished  Shippers *  — 1871 

Removal  by  Consignee 1877 

Removal  of  Placards 1903 

Removal  of  Shipments  by  Consignee ,. 1877 

Revenue  Waybills.  Description  on 1873 

Color  of  Label  to  be  Stated 18:3 

No  Label  Required  to  be  Stated 1873 

To  be  Endorsed  "  Shippers'  Certificate  on  File,"  etc 1873 

Running  Slips 1874, 18^- 

Samples  to  Chemical  Laboratory 1805 

Sawdust 1894 

Sawdust  Not  to  be  Used  with  Acid 1893 

Shipments  Must  be  Labeled 1811 

Must  be  Certified 1815 

Must  be  Properly  Packed 1821 

Shipments  To  and  From  Connecting  Lines B,  1879 

Shippers'  Certificate 1815 

Shippers'  Directions General  Notice,  A,  B,  C,  1801  to  1857 


18 


PARAGRAPH. 

lippinft  Order 1S15 

Information  on 1815 

Description  on 1815 

Color  of  Label  to  be  Stated 1815 

No  Label  Required  to  be  Stated 1815 

Sample '• 1815 

To  be  Signed 1815 

irits  of  Nitroglycerin 1801, 1884 

aying  Packages  in  Cars 1 892. 1893 

raw 18'.M 

rength  of  Packages 1821 

Iphur 18W 

Iphuric  Acid 1804,  1853 

pply  of  Labels  and  Placards 1901 

dtching  Tickets 18T4, 18T5 


PARAORAPB. 

Tank  Cars 1 522 

Placards  to  Remain  On 1903 

Tow  l&H 

Ventilation  of  Cars  Before  Entering 1891 

Violations  to  be  Reported 1M4 

Waybills,  Description  of  Material 1878 

Card,  Switching  Ticki'ts  or  Huiining  Slips 1874,  l^TTi 

"  Shippers'  Certificate  on  File" 1873 

White  Label,  Articles  or  Quantity  Requiring 18(tt,  1811 

Wrecks 1»45 

Yellow  Label,  Articles  or  Quantity  Requiring 18(»,  1811 

Yellow  Phosphorus I**!-,'  .i-nKj.  1336 


19 


The  American  Railway  Association 

REGULATIONS 

FOR  THE  TRANSPORTATION  OF  INFLAMMABLE  ARTICLES  ANO  ACIDS. 


APPROVED  MAY  19,  1909  ;  EFFECTIVE  JULY  I,  1909. 


GENERAL   NOTICE. 

Shippers'  certificates  and  labels  are  prescribed  herein, 
to  facilitate  compliance  with  Section  4  of  an  Act  of  Con- 
gress, approved  May  30,  1908,  which  requires  shippers 
of  explosives  and  other  dangerous  articles  to  plainly 
mark  the  contents  on  each  package  and  to  inform  the 
carrier  of  the  true  character  thereof  ;  and  also  to  comply 
with  the  requirements  of  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission's  Regulations  for  the  transportation  of  ex- 
plosives. 

GENERAL  ORDER. 

A.  Shipments  of  the  articles  referred  to  herein  will  be 

received  for  transportation  on  the '. R.R., 

on  and  after  July  1, 1909,  provided  the  methods  of  pack- 
ing and  contents  of  packages,  so  far  as  they  affect  safety 
in  transportation,  are  open  to  inspection  by  the  author- 
ized representative  of  this  company  or  of  the  Bureau  for 
the  Safe  Transportation  of  Explosives  and  Other  Dan- 
gerous Articles. 

B.  Shipments  destined  to  points  on  or  beyond  the  lines 
of  this  company  and  shipments  offei*ed  by  connecting 
lines  will  be  accepted  subject  to  these  regulations. 

C.  Shipments  of  articles  covered  by  these  regulations 
may  be  transported  by  express  service,  subject  to  the 
regulations  of  express  companies,  approved  by  the 
Bux-eau  of  Explosives. 

DEFINITIONS. 

1801.  Inflaiiiiiiablo    Liquid's.— Red    Label. — 

This  group  includes  any  material,  compound,  or  mixture, 
that  gives  off  inflammable  vapors  (as  determined  by  flash 
point  from  Tagliabue's  Open  Cup  Tester,  as  used  for  test 
of  burning  oils)  at  or  below  a  temperature  of  80°  F.  (For 
examples  and  quantities,  see  List  No.  1,  Paragraph 
1805.) 

1802.  Inflainiiiablefii.— Yellow   Label.— This 

group  includes :  (1)  Materials  subject  to  spontaneous 
combustion ;  and  (2)  materials,  other  than  acids,  that  are 
liable  to  cause  fires  by  friction,  by  concussion,  by  absorp- 
tion of  moisture,  by  contact  with  organic  matter,  or 
otherwise.  (For  examples,  see  List  No.  1,  Paragraph 
1805.) 

1803.  Coinprc!«sed   Oases    or   Liquids.— This 

group  includes  the  following  gases  : 


Inflammable  Gases. 
Red  Label. 

(Inflammable  Placard  on 
car.) 


Acetjdene  Gas. 
Coal  Gas. 
Ethyl  Chloride. 
Hydrogen  Gas. 
Pintsch  Gas. 


Non-inflammable  Gases. 
Light  Green  Label. 

(No    Placard    required    on 
car.) 


Anhydrous  Ammonia. 
Carbonic  Acid  (Carbon 

Dioxide)  Gas. 
Chlorine  Gas. 
Compressed  Air. 
Nitrous  Oxide  (Dental  Gas). 
Oxygen  Gas. 
\  Sulphur  Dioxide. 

Note. — Hydrogen  and  Oxygen  Cylinders  are  shipped  in  pairs  for 
Calcium  Lights. 

1804.  Acids. — "White  Label. — This  group  includes 
the  following  substances : 

Acid,  Hydrochloric.     (Muriatic  Acid.) 
Acid,  Hydrofluoric.     (Etching  Acid.) 
Acid,  Sulphuric.     (Oil  of  Vitriol.) 
Acid,   Nitrating.      (Mixed    Sulphuric    and 

Nitric.) 
Acid,  Nitric.     (Aqua  Fortis.) 
Bromine. 

Phosphorus,  Trichloride. 
Sulphur,  Chloride. 

PRINCIPAL  INFLAMMABLE  ARTICLES  AND 
ACIDS. 

1805.^  The  following  list  (No.  1)  shows  the  principal 
inflammable  articles  and  acids  covered  by  these  regu- 
lations, and  the  quantities  which  may  be  shipped  in 
one  package  without  a  label  when  certified  '*  No  Label 
Required."     (See  Pars.  1814  and  1815.) 

LIST  NO.  I. 

INFLAMMABLE   LIQUIDS. — RKD   LABEL. 


NAilE. 


Acetone 

Alcohol,  denatured 

Alcoliol,  grain  (ethyl  alcoliol). 
Alcohol,  wood  (methyl  alcohol) 

Amyl  Acetate 

Benzene 

Benzole 

Benzine 

Carbon  Bisulphide 

Coal  Tar  Naphtha  (light  oil) . . . 

Collodion 

Columbian  Spirits 

Cologne  Spirits 

Ether 

*  At  or  below.       i  See  Note,  page  H. 


Deg.  F. 

:l5 
40-55 

57 

45 
70-95 

20 

20 
*Zero 
*Zero 

20 
*40 

45 

60 
^Zero 


3^  -■?■="= 

■pi  lis 


i<<  gallon. 

f       " 

1 

1 

1 

^     '     . 

No  exemption. 
%  gallon. 


5  gallons. 
5  pounds. 


20 


LAMMABLE  LIQUIDS.— RED  LABEL. — Continued. 


NAME. 


I-  ?  (• 


Deg.  F. 

I  Acetate 40 

I  Chloride *Zero 

I  Methyl  Ketone I     30 

I  Nitrite *Zero 

ene *Zero 

Wines  (proof  spirits  over 

proof) 60-«0 

o  Carbon  (Pintsch  gas  drips)  *Zero 
Lier(Nitro-Cellulose solution)  20-70 

aer  (Shellac) I  40-70 

ler  Cement *Zero 

d  Bronze *40 

tha *Zero 

tha  Cement *Zero 

-Cellulose,  solution 20-70 

-Cellulose,   wet    with    sol- 

it 40 

:al  Spirits 57 

glycerin  Spirits |    \G0 

;  (bronzing,  aluminum  and 

d) ♦20-70 

ileum  Ether *Zero 

leum  Naphtha *Zero 

ileum  Spirit ;*Zero 

■  Spirits...   I  60-80 

xylene  (see  Nitro-Cellulose) .  |    .... 

3lene *Zero 

er  Cement *Zero 

er  Solution l*Zero 

10,  liquid 40-70 

le  Cotton  (see  Nitro-Cellu- 
0. 


1  gallon. 

3doi.  4^oz.  tubfs. 
i.>  gallon. 


1/ 


1^  gallon. 
1 


5  pounds. 

1  gallon. 

No  exemption. 

i<  gallon. 


s    Glonoin    (Nitroglycerin 

rits) +60 

1 ) 

ne j 

1  Spirit I     45 


1^ 


No  exemption. 
1  gallon. 
1 


or  below,    t  Approximate. 


INFLAMMABLES — YELLOW  LABEL. 


enipty,  used  for  Nitrate  of  Soda. 

mi  Peroxide 

um  Phospliide    

coal,  ground 

:-oal,  lump 

ates 


mic  Acid  (anhydroas) 

(lion  (Jotton  (see  Nitro-Cellulose). 


c"—  c  -  "  o* 


No  exemption. 

5  pounds. 
10 
10 
25 
10 


INFLAMMABLES.— YELLOW  LABEL. — Continued. 


NAMB. 


Cotton  Waste,  oily  J , 

Desiccated  Leather  (fertilizer  ingredi-' 
ent) 

Dried  Fish  or  Fish  Scrap  (fertilizer  in- 
gredient)   

Fillerine  (fertilizer  ingredient) I 

Garbage  Tankage  (fertilizer  ingredient).! 

(las  Purifying  Waste  (fertilizer  ingre- 
dient)   j 

Gun  Cotton  (see  Nitro  Cellulose) 

Iron  Mass,  spent 

Iron  Sponge,  spent | 

Magnesium  Powder 

Matches,  friction 

Metallic  Potassium 

Metallic  Sodium 

Negative  Cotton  (see  Nitro-Cellulose) . .  .1 

Nitrates,  in  bags 

Nitrate  of  Soda,  in  bags 

Nitrate  of  Potash,  in  bags 

Nitre,  in  bags j 

Nitro-Cellulose,  dry  {see  High  Explosives)] 

Nitro-Cellulose,  wet  with  water 

Phosphorus,  yellow 

Potash,  clilorate ! 

PotJissium  Peroxide 1 

Potash,  permanganate j 

Pyroxylin  (see  Nitro-Cellulose) | 

Saltpetre,  in  bat^s 

Sodium  Peroxide 

Soluble  Cotton  (see  Nitro-Cellulose). . . 

Soot 

Zinc  Dust 

Zinc  Flue  Dust 


—  =  -  .  '^s 


No  exemption. 

10  pounds. 

10 

10        " 

10 

10 

10 
10 
5 
No  exemption. 

><  .. 

No  exemption. 


No  exemption. 

25  pounds. 

No  exemption. 

25  pouuds. 

No  exemption. 


10  pounds. 

10 

10 


t  Cotton  Waste,  oily  with  linseed  oil,  must  not  be  shipped. 
Note.— Labels  must  be  applied  to  at  least  10  per  cent,  of  bass 
containing  Inflammables,  in  L.  C.  L.  shipments. 

ACIDS — WHITE  LABEL. 


NAME. 


Acid,  Hydroclilorio  (Muriatic) 

Acid,  Ilydrotluoric  (etching  acid) 

Acid,  Nitrating  (mixed  Sulphuric  and 

Nitric) 

Acid,  Nitric 

Acid,  Sulphuric  (Oil  of  Vitriol) 

Bromine 

Plio.spborus  Trichloride 

Siili»hur  Chloride 


—  „->..  5 

5  ^  a,  *  u 

X  j'  7  SI «  »5 
Pi 


5  pints. 

5      " 

No  exemption. 
ti  >> 

5  pints. 
No  exemption. 
5  pints. 
5      " 


LIST  NO.   2     DOUBTFUL  ARTICLES. 

'jirtial  list  of  general  names*  of  groiijis  of  articles  that  will  n'(|uire:  (1)  Shipjiers' Certificate,   (,',) -N"  nation  as 
jels  applied  or  not  required  and  CJ)  Waybill  endorsements.  Par.  1873.     (See  Par.  1815.) 

mobile  Sii|)7»lies,  N.  O.  S. 
cing,  N.  O.  S, 
iing,  stove,  li(|uid. 


Cement,  roofing. 
Cement,  liquid,  N.  O.  S. 
Chemicals,  N.  O.  S. 


Compounds,  polishing.  N.  O.  S. 
Coni|iounds,  typ«'  cleaning. 
Compounds,  vulcanizing. 


s.(,i  I  -wtun  practicable  to  avoid  It,  safe  artiules  should  not  be  described  by  ifeneral  names  that  suggest «'""''' ^"'  ■  liMrMiifrlstloa. 


21 


LIST  NO.  2-DOUBTFUL  ARTICLES.— Continued. 


S. 


3). 


Compounds,  wall  cleaning. 

Compounds,  waterproofing. 

Crude  Oil. 

Dip,  sheep. 

Disinfectants,  liquid,  N.  O.  S. 

Drier,  paint  and  Japan,  N.  O. 

Drugs,  N.  O.  S. 

Eradicator,  paint  or  grease. 

Extracts,  N.  O.  S.  (see  List  No 

Gas  Oil. 

Laboratory  Supplies,  N.  O.  S. 

Liniments. 

Liquids,  N.  O.  S. 

Matches,  N.  O.  S. 

LIST  NO.  3-EXCEPTED   ARTICLES. 
The  following  articles,  when  properly  described  by  one  of  tlie  names  given  in  this  list,  may  be  accepted 
without  requiring  the  notation   "No  Label  Required"  and  without  the  Shippers'  Certificate  prescril^ed  by 
Paragraph  1815.     The  waybill  endorsement  prescribed  by  Paragraph  1873  will  not  be  required  for  these  articles : 


Nitrotoluol  (may 

high  explosive) 
Oil,  N.  O.  S. 
Paints,  N.  O.  S. 
Paste,  shoe. 
Petroleum  products,  N.  O.  S 

(See  List  No.  3.) 
Pitch  Koof  Coating. 
Polish,  floor,  liquid. 
Polish,  furniture. 
Polish,  liquid,  N.  O.  S. 
Polish,  metal. 
Polish,  stove,  liquid. 


be  Trinitroluol,  a  Preparations,  insect  and  vermin  de- 
stroying. 
Preservers,  iron,  steel  or  wood. 
Removers,  paints,  oil  or  varnish. 
Shellac,  liquid,  N.  O.  S. 
Softeners,  leather. 
Solvents. 
Stain,  furniture. 
Stain,  leather. 
Strontia. 

Turpentine  Substitutes. 
Varnish,  N.  O.  S. 
Varnish  and  Paint  Removers. 


Acetic  Acid. 

Acid,  dry  (except  Picric  Acid,  which 
is  High  Explosive). 

Acid  Phosphate. 

Aerated  Beverages. 

Ale. 

Ammonia  or  Aqua  Ammonia  (not 
compressed). 

Animal  Food. 
*Ashes  (see  Par.  1894). 

Axle  Grease. 

Balsam,  crude. 
*Barrels,  empty  (see  Par.  1894). 
*Bay  Rum. 

Beef  Scrap  (poultry  food). 

Beer. 

Beer  Tonic. 

Benzaldehyde. 
*Bitters. 

Bitumen. 

Blacking,  curriers. 

Blacking,  shoe. 

Blacking,  stove  (dry  or  paste). 
■*Blacks  (Bone,  Carbon,  Drop,  Frank- 
fort, Ivory  and  Lamp). 
"^Brandy. 

^Brimstone  (see  Par.  1894). 
*Calcium  Carbide  (in  tight  metal  ves- 
sels) (see  Par.  1894). 
*Camphor  (see  Par.  1894). 

Candles,  or  Candle  Stock. 

Carbolic  Acid. 

Castor  ia. 

Castor  Oil. 

Caustic  Soda. 
*Celluloid. 

Champagne. 

Charcoal  in  bottles. 
*Charged  Storage  Batteries. 

China  Wood  (or  Nut)  Oil. 
*Chipped  Bone  (see  Par.  1894). 

Chloride  of  Calcium. 

Chloride  of  Lime. 

Chloroform. 

Cider. 

Claret  Wine. 
■  Coal  Tar. 

Cocoa  Butter. 

Cocoa  Nut  Oil. 

Cod  Liver  Oil  (plain  or  in  emulsion). 
*Coke  (see  Par.  1894). 

Cordials. 

Corn  Oil. 
*Cotton,  1 

*Cotton  Batting,  I  (See  Par. 

*>.:;otton  Wadding,  [      1894). 

*Cotton  Waste,  not  oily,  J 


Cotton  Seed  Oil  (Cotton  Oil). 

Creosote. 

Creosote  Oil. 

Cylinder  Oil. 

Dyes. 
*Electrolyte  (Dilute  Sulphuric  Acid 
not  exceeding  '60%  strength). 

Embalming  Fluid. 
*Empty  Barrels  (see  Par.  1904) . 

Entomooide. 

Essential  Oils. 

Eucalyptol. 
*Excelsior  (see  Par.  1894). 
*Extracts,  flavoring  (in   bottles  not 
containing  more  thaja  one  quart 
each).    (Describe  as  "  Extracts  as 
per  Excepted  ^ist  ".) 

Fertilizer,  complete  or  manipulated. 
*Fibre  (see  Par.  1894). 

Fish  Oil. 

Floor  Polish,  solid. 
*Gin. 

Ginger  Ale. 

Glue. 

Glutrin. 

Glycerine. 

Hay,  baled  (well  cured). 
*Hay,  loose  (see  Par.  1894). 
*Headlight  Oil. 
*Hemp  (see  Par.  1894). 
*Illuminating  Oils. 
*Jute  (see  Par.  1894). 

Kainit. 

Lactic  Acid. 

Lard  Oil. 
*Lime  (see  Par.  1894). 

Linoleum. 

Linseed  Oil. 

Liquor,  iron. 
*Liquors,  potable. 

Lubricating  Grease. 

Lubricating  Oil. 

Machine  Oil. 

Madeira  Wine. 

Malt  Extract. 

Matches,  Safety. 

Mirbane  Oil. 

Montanin  (disinfectant). 
*Moving  Picture  Films. 

Muriate  of  Ammonia. 

IMuriate  of  Potash. 

Nastro  Fluid. 

Neatsfoot  Oil. 

Nitrates,  in  tight  boxes  or  barrels. 
*Oakum  (see  Par.  1894). 

Oil  Cloth. 

Oiled  Clothing. 


*Oil  Turpentine,  rectified. 

Oils,  Essential. 
*Oil  Well  Cables  (see  Par.  1894). 
Oleo  Oil. 
Olive  Oil 
Oxalic  Acid. 
Packing  House  Tankage. 
*Paints,  varnisbes,  japans,  or  driers, 
dry  or    containing    only    liquids 
excepted  in  this  list.      (Descrite 
as  "  '■'''""'•  I  as  per  Excepted  List." 
Palm  Oil. 

♦Medicines,    dry,   or    liquid   in  glass 
not  exceeding  one  quart  in  each 
vessel.     (Describe   as   ••Medicines 
as  per  Excepted  List." 
Perfumery,  in  bottles,  or  dry. 
Petroleum    Products,    as     specified 
herein  : 

is1haltum[-i«^°"*«^l-^^t^- 

Axle  Grease. 

Currier's  Grease. 

Distillates. 

Grease. 

Household  Lubricant. 

Miners'  Wax. 

Paraftine  Wax. 

Petrolatum. 

Pitch. 

Residuum. 

Tailings. 

Tar. 

Belt  Oil. 
*Coal  Oil. 

Cordage  Oil. 

Cycle  Oil. 

Felt  Oil. 

Floor  Oil. 

Fuel  Oil. 

Gloss  Oil. 

Hard  Oil. 

Harness  Oil. 

Hoof  Oil. 
*Illuniinating  Oil. 
*Kerosene  Oil. 
•  Neatsfoot  Oil, 

Leather  Oil. 

Lubricating  Oil. 
*Miner's  Oil. 

Parartine  Oil, 

Putty  Oil. 
♦Refined  Oil. 

Roadbed  Oil. 

Sewing  Machine  Oil. 

Soap  Oil. 

Tanners'  Oil. 


*  Articles  wliich  must  not  be  loaded  nor  stored  with  explosives  (Par.  1682),  nor  in  cars  adjacent  to  cars  containing  explosives. 
1307.) 


(Rule 


22 


LIST  NO.  3-EXCEPTEO  ARTICLES.-Continued. 


robacco  Oil. 

Safety  Matches. 

Iransformer  Oil. 

Sal-ammoniac. 

Pransit  Oil. 

Salt  Cake. 

Fwine  Oil. 

Sanctuary  Oil. 

Wool  Oil. 

♦Sawdust  (see  Par.  1894). 

ographic  Films. 

Sherry  Wine. 

Tar. 

Shoe  Blacking  or  Polishes. 

h,  dry  or  pjiste. 

Signal  Oil. 

h,  floor,  solid. 

Silicate  of  Soda. 

h,  shoe. 

Slaugliter  House  Tankage. 

er. 

Soda  Ash. 

Wine. 

Soda  Cake. 

ble  Spirits. 

Sperm  Oil. 

xylin  Plastics. 

Spindle  Oil. 

(see  Par.  1894). 

Steamed  Bone  or  Animal  Refuse. 

lue  of  Copper. 

Stearic  Acid. 

e  Wine. 

Stove  Blacking  or  Polish  (dry 

1. 

paste). 

lOil. 

Stratena  (cement). 

♦Straw  (see  Par.  1894). 

LABELS. 

1                contaii 

.  Unless  exempted  on  account  of  quantity  or 
)d  of  packing,  all  packages  containing  articles 
characteristics  include  one  or  more  of  those  cov- 
)y  the  definitions  (Paragraphs  1801  to  1804),  must 
ispicuously  labeled  by  the  shipper. 

—Any  article  that  has,  or  is  suspected  of  having,  one  or  more 
haracteristics  mentioned,  that  cannot  be  properly  described 
of  the  definite  names  in  List  No.  1,  or  by  one  of  the  general 
n  List  >'o.  2.  and  that  is  not  included  in  the  excepted  List 
lust  be  promptly  reported  to  the  i)roper  official,  who  will  f  or- 
port  to  the  Chief  Inspector,  Bureau  of  Explosives,  24  Park 
<ew  York  City,  for  investigation  and  ruling. 


Labels  must  be  of  diamond  shape,  with  each  di- 
(not  sides)  5f  inches  long.     The  color  is  red  for 
mable  liquids,  and  compressed  inflammable  gases, 
for  inflammable  solids,   light  green  for  non-in- 
able  compressed  gases,  and  white  for  acids. 

The  wording  will  be  in  black  letters  and  as  shown 
jes  28  to  32,  unless  a  modified  wording  with  an 
ication  number  and  name  of  shipper  is  authorized 

Chief  Inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Explosives  to 
pecial  conditions. 

—To  promote  education  of  shippers  in  the  requirements  of 
iral  law,  labels  have  heretofore  been  furnished  by  railway 
ies,  but  on  and  after  Oclobiir  1,  liKXl,  they  must  be  furnished 
lippers.  (.See  Section  4  of  Act  of  Congress,  approved  May  30, 
1  Iteviaed  Penal  Laws  of  the  United  States.) 


LABEL  EXEMPTIONS. 

Labels  will  not  be  required  on  : 
Outside  packages  in  carload  lots  to  be  tmloaded 
by  consignee  ;  but  tlie  cars  must  be  placarded. 

Outside  packages  containing  paint  or  varni.sh 
(with  fla.sh  point  not  lower  than  50"  F.)  in 
securely  closed  metal  vessels  packed  in  strong 
boxes,  crates  or   barrels,  provided  the  vessels 


Sulphates. 
♦Sulphur  (see  Par.  1894). 

Tallow  Oil. 

Tan  Extracts. 

Tannic  Acid. 

Tar,  coal. 

Tar,  pine. 

Tar  Hoofing  Paper. 

Terebene. 

Toilet  Waters. 
♦Tow  (see  Par.  1894). 
♦Turpentine. 

Vaseline. 

Vault  Cement. 

Vinegar. 

Waterproof  Cloth. 

Wax. 
♦Whiskey. 

Wines. 

Witch  Hazel. 


contain  not  more  than  five  gallons  each.  When 
the  flash  point  is  from  40'  to  50  F.,  each  vessel 
must  not  contain  more  than  one  gallon. 

(c)  Outside  packages  containing'  an  article  in  quan- 

tity exempted  by  List  No.  1.  When  several 
articles  are  included  in  one  outside  package 
labels  must  be  applied  when  their  combined 
quantity  exceeds  the  lowest  limit  prescribed 
for  any  one  of  them. 

(d)  Outside  packages  containing   articles    in    List 

No.  3. 

Note.— Shipping  orders  for  any  article  from  which  labels  are  ex- 
empted by  sub-paragraphs  («),  (i)  and  (c)  above,  must  show  thereon 
the  shipper's  certificate  prescribed  by  Paragraph  1815. 


SHIPPING    ORDERS. 

1815.  A  shipping  order  for  any  article  whose  charac« 
teristics  are  covered  by  the  definitions  (Pars.  1801  to 
1804),  or  that  can  be  properly  designated  by  one  of  the 
names  in  List  No.  1  or  List  No.  3  (Par.  1805),  thougli 
designated  by  a  trade  or  other  name,  must  show  over 
the  shipper's  signature,  as  per  sample  below,  and 
wliether  labels  are  required  or  not,  the  following  cer- 
tificate : 

This  is  to  certify  that  the  articles  in  tliis  shipment  arc  i)roperly 
described,  packed  and  marked,  and  that  all  necessary  labels  have 
been  attached  to  packages,  as  required  by  I'aragraphs  ISoi  to  lHr>7, 
inclusive,  of  the  Itcgulations  for  the  Transportation  of  Intlammable 
Articles  and  Acids. 

Tlie  shipping  order  must  also  show  opposite  the  name 
of  the  article  the  kind  of  label  applied  or  "No  L^ibtl 
Required."  For  carload  lots,  loaileil  by  tlie  ship]x;r,  it 
must  show  the  kind  of  jjlacard  ai)i>lied  to  the  car,  or 
"  No  Placard  Required." 

Note.— Placards  for  cars  will  bo  furiiislmd  l)y  railway  coinpanli^. 
Cars  to  be  loaded  by  shippers  nuist  bo  cleanly  swept"beforo  being 
loaded  with  inllaniniablo  articles. 


tides  wliich  must  not  be  loaded  nor  stored  with  explosives  (Par.  1C82),  nor  In  cars  adjacent  to  cars  ctmUilnIng  explosives.    (Hule 

TE.— As  the  maximum  quantity  that  can  bo  accepted  without  a  label  will  ilcpcnd  on  circinnstanccs,  such  "s  (lush  point,  quantity 
isido  package,  method  of  packing,  etc,  the  Chief  Iiisj.cctor  of  the  IJurciiu  of  Kxplosivcs  Is  autliori/.cd  to  nmke  tlio  necessary  exuiu- 
and  tests  and  to  pn-sctribo  this  (juuntlty  for  the  articles  ti'sted.  Tlie  niateriul  re(iulrcd  for  any  lest,  made  on  appli<-atlon  of  a 
nnist  be  delivered  by  him  without  charge  to  the  "Chemical  Laboratory,  Uureuu  of  Jixploslvus,  South  Amboy,  New  Jersey," 
asonable  charge  for  the  services  of  laboratory  employes  must  be  paid. 


23 


SAMPLE  SHIPPING  ORDER. 

Railroad  Company 


Shippen  No: . 

THIS  SHIPPING    ORDER    •mi  ti  l>t<Uy  «M  h.  k  hi,  h  li«l<Clih  P<rK.1.  f  «  Clibta.  Kd 


SimwonyUk- 


t^u,. AlrJLJne_P«ap«tch 


.^^.J^. 


Note.— Any  written  or  printed  request  for  transportation,  similar 
to  a  regular  shipping  order,  such  as  a  dray  ticket  or  a  switching 
order  or  ticket,  must  also  bear  the  shipper's  certificate  and  label,  or 
placard  notation,  on  the  original  and  all  copies  delivered  to  rail- 
way employes. 

PACKING. 

STRENGTH  OF  PACKING  BOXES. 

1821.  When  properly  loaded  in  cars  and  protected  by 
such  staying  as  may  be  necessary,  outside  and  inside 
packing  cases  must  be  strong  enough  to  stand  without 
rupture  or  leakage  all  ordinary  shocks  incident  to  trans- 
portation. When  the  experience  of  the  Bureau  of 
Explosives  shows  that  any  packing  fails  to  meet  this 
requirement,  its  further  use  will  be  prohibited.  Broken 
or  leaking  packages  will  not  be  accepted. 

INFLAMMABLE  LIQUIDS.— RED  LABEL. 

1822.  Except  as  noted  in  11 1823, 1824  and  1825,  all  arti- 
cles in  this  group  must  be  packed  :  (1)  In  well  stoppered 
bottles  of  not  to  exceed  one  gallon  capacity ;  or,  (2)  in 
boxed  carboys  or  demijohns  well  stoppered ;  or,  (3)  in 
strong  and  tight  barrels ;  *  or  preferably  (4)  in  strong 
metal  drums  or  vessels,  or  tank  cars.  All  inside  pack- 
ages must  be  securely  closed  to  prevent  leakage  or 
escape  of  contents  and  protected  against  breakage  by 
shock.  Bottles  must  be  protected  by  corrugated  paper 
wrappings  or  other  elastic  packing.  A  liquid  with  flash 
point  below  80'  F.  must  not  be  accepted  in  a  can,  unless 
crated  or  boxed.  Tank  cars  containing  inflammable 
liquids  must  be  of  an  approved  design,  and  they  must 
be  provided  with  satisfactory  safety  valves. 


*  NoTB.— Second-hand  barrels  must  be  carefully  inspected  and 
well  coopered. 


1823.  Nitro-Cellulose  wet  with  solvent  must  contain 
not  less  than  30  per  cent,  of  a  solvent  whose  flash  point  is 
not  less  than  40°  F. ,  and  must  be  packed  in  strong,  tinned 
or  galvanized  iron  vessels,  of  the  milk  can  type,  with  a 
satisfactory  means  for  keeping  them  securely  closed.  »* 

1824.  Spirits  of  Nitroglycerin  must  not  contain  more 
than  10  per  cent,  of  Nitroglycerin  in  solution,  and  must 
be  packed  in  tightly  stoppered  cans  or  glass  ]>ottles  con- 
taining not  more  than  one  gallon  of  liquid  each,  and 
surrounded  by  a  satisfactory  absorbent. 

1825.  The  more  volatile  liquids,  such  as  Carlx>n  Bisul- 
phide, Ether,  Ethyl  Chloride,  etc.,  must  be  packed 
properly  in  well  sealed  metal  tubes,  cans,  cylimlers  or 
drums.  They  may  be  packed  in  well  stoppered  bottles 
containing  not  more  than  five  pints,  or  in  glass  tubes  of 
not  more  than  four  and  one-half  ounces  capacity. 

1826.  Packages  containing  inflammable  liquids  must 
not  be  entirely  filled.  Sufficient  interior  space  must  be 
left  vacant  to  permit  expansion  of  liquid  and  vapor,  and 
to  prevent  distortion  of  containers  when  heated  to  a 
temperature  of  120°  F. 

INFLAMMABLES.— YELLOW  LABEL. 

1834.  Packages  must  be  tight  and  strong,  and  the 
interior  packages  must  be  so  cushioned  and  secured 
that  no  rupture  of  either  package  can  result  from  the 
ordinary  shocks  incident  to  transportation. 

1835.  Metallic  Sodium  or  Potassium,  in  quantity  not 
greater  than  one  pound,  must  be  placed  in  neutral  oil, 
and  this  in  a  well  stoppered  bottle  protected  by  a  tin 
box,  or  these  substances  may  be  packed  in  a  hermetically 
sealed  tin  cylinder. 

1836.  Yellow  Phosphorus  must  be  packed  in  water  in 
sealed  metal  cases. 

1837.  Charcoal  and  charred  Animal  Products  must  be 
cooled  before  loading  into  a  car.  This  cooling  must  be 
equivalent  to  that  secured  by  spreading  and  exjx)sing  to 
the  air  for  at  least  three  days  after  removal  from  kiln 
or  furnace. 

1838.  Nitro-Cellulose,  uniformly  wet  with  not  less  than 
25  per  cent,  of  water,  must  be  wrapped  in  waterproof 
material,  securelv  packed  in  a  strong  and  tight  box. 
keg  or  barrel,  and  marked  "WET  NITRO-CELLU- 
LOSE—25  PER  CENT.  WATER." 

1839.  Friction  Matches  must  be  packed  in  pasteboard, 
wooden  or  metallic  boxes,  containing  not  more  than 
1,000  matches  each ;  if  packed  loosely,  or  with  the  heads 
lying  in  all  directions,  not  to  exceed  2,000  matches  may 
be  packed  in  one  carton  or  inside  package ;  the  inside 
packages  must  be  packed  in  strong  outside  cases,  or 
boxes,  plainly  marked  "FRICTION  MATCHES." 

COMPRESSED   GASES.-RED   OR   LIGHT   GREEN    LABEL. 

1841  (a).  Cylinders  must  not  contain  gases  tliat  may 
combine  chemically,  and  must  be  made  of  tougli  steel 
that  will  not  break  up  into  flying  fragments  when  a 
cylinder  explodes. 

(?)).  By  water  jacket,  or  other  suitable  tests,  each 
cylinder  containing  liquified  gases  must  be  subjected, 
at  least  once  in  four  years,  to  a  uniform  interior  pres- 


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re  not  less  than  one  and  one-quarter  times  the  interior 
essure  that  would  result  from  heating  the  cylinder 
liformly,  in  its  maximum  charged  condition,  to  a 
niperature  of  130^  F.  Each  cylinder  containing  non- 
juified  g;tses  or  gases  in  solution  must  be  subjected  at 
Eist  once  in  four  years  to  a  uniform  interior  pressure 
)t  less  than  twice  the  charging  pressure  for  such 
iinder,  corresponding  to  a  temperature  of  70  F.  A 
linder  must  be  condemned  when  it  leaks,  when  the 
irmanent  expansion  is  due  to  local  weakness  or  when 
is  uniform  and  exceeds  5%  of  the  total  expansion, 
lis  test  is  based  on  the  assumption  that  the  weight  of 
IS  charged  into  any  cylinder  will  not,  at  a  temperature 
130'  F.,  cause  an  interior  pressure  in  excess  of  three- 
urths  of  tlie  elastic  limit  of  the  weakest  part  of  the 
Under, 

The  manufacturer  must  not  offer  for  transportation 
linders  filled  with  such  charging  densities  of  any  gus 
would  produce  failure  in  the  test  prescribed  for  that 
is. 

After  December  31,  1913,  all  cylinders  must  be  plainly 
imped  under  the  cylinder  number,  with  the  date  of 
St  test— for  example,  4-09,  for  April,  1909 — or  ether- 
ise durably  marked  to  show  compliance  with  this  rule. 

(e).  Acetylene  gas  must  be  dissolved  in  acetone,  and 
e  cylinders  must  be  filled  with  moulded  asbestos 
scs.  No  substitute  for  acetone  or  asbestos  must  be 
;ed  without  approval  in  writing  from  the  Bureau  of 
splosives. 

1842.  After  December  31,  1914,  each  cylinder  contain- 
g  liquified  gases,  or  gases  under  more  than  300  pounds 
r  square  inch  pressure,  must  be  equipped  with  a  satis- 
ctory  safety  device  that  will  prevent  explosion  of  the 
Iinder  when  it  is  placed  in  a  tire.  By  December  31, 
10,  not  less  than  20$e  of  the  cylinders  offered  for  trans- 
irtation  must  be  equipped  with  safety  devices,  and  an 
ditional  20^  must  be  so  equipped  annually  thereafter. 
11  new  cylinders  manufactured  hereafter  must  be 
uipped  with  them, 

1843.  When  cylinders  containing  inflammable  mate- 
ils  are  not  boxed  for  shipment,  the  safety  device  and 
scharge  valve  must  be  safe  from  injury  during  transit 
'  a  design  and  construction  of  the  cylinder  approved 

the  Bureau  of  Explosives,  or  they  must  be  protected 
r-  strong  metal  caps  that  cannot  be  detached  by  rolling 
,e  cylinder. 

ACIDS.-WHITE  LABEL. 

1851.  Bottles  of  Bromine  must  be  surrounded  by  in- 
imbustible  packing  material,  such  as  whiting,  mineral 
ool  or  sifted  ashes,  and  the  stoppers  must  be  well 
cured. 

1852.  Hydrofluoric  acid  must  be  packed  in  india  rubber 
■  ceresiae  l)Ottl('S,  hermetically  scaled,  or  in  lead  car- 
)ys,  well  stoppered,  and  the  bottles  and  carboys  must 
5  packed  in  strong  cases,  barrels  or  ca.sks;  or  Hydro- 
Lioric  acid  may  l>e  packed  in  tight  hard  wood  barrels 
tied  with  asplialtum.  The  barrels  must  l>o  .securely 
3oped  and  carefully  inspected  by  shipper. 

1853.  Sulphuric  or  Hydrochloric  acids,  and  Liquid 
hlorides  must  be  packed  in  cart  lien  jars,  or  ghuss  bot- 
es, or  strong  carboy  bottles,  witliout  local  defects,  all 


well  stoppered  to  prevent  leakage,  or  in  drums,  or  tank 
cars.  Jars  or  bottles  must  be  packed  in  a  strong  case 
and  well  cushioned  ;  carl)oy  Ixjttles  must  1)6  packed  in 
cases  provided  with  strong  handles  or  cleats,  and  the 
necks  of  carboys  must  be  protected. 

1854.  Nitric  acid  of  gravity  below  1.43  must  be  packed 
as  prescribed  in  ^  18-53  for  Sulphuric  or  Hydrochloric 
acid,  except  that  the  bottles,  jars  or  carboy  bottles 
must  be  covered  by  a  suitable,  incombustible  and  liquid- 
proof  material,  or  well  cushioned  by  elastic  incombusti- 
ble packing,  such  as  sections  of  old  rubber  hose. 

1855.  When  the  gravity  of  Nitric  acid  is  1.43,  or 
above,  the  bottles,  jars  or  carboys  must,  in  addition  to 
the  elastic  packing,  be  covered  by  a  suitable  incom- 
bustible and  liquid-proof  material,  or  surroun<led  by  a 
sufficient  quantity  of  incombustible  packing  material, 
such  as  mineral  wool,wliiting,  ashes,  etc, 

1856.  Mixed  Nitric  and  Sulphuric  acids  must  be 
shipped  in  iron  drums  or  tank  cars  securely  closed. 

1857.  Not  more  than  one  pint  of  an  acid  must  be  packed 
in  the  same  compartment  of  an  outside  package  that 
contains  one  or  more  substances  with  which  the  acid 
might,  on  rupture  of  inside  packages,  combine  chem- 
ically and  cause  either  a  dangerous  generation  of  heat 
or  a  combination  of  gas  and  corrosive  materials  that 
might  injure  a  railway  employe  handling  the  package. 

DIRECTIONS  FOR  RAILWAY  EMPLOYES. 

1871.  Agents  must  utilize  their  general  knowledge  of 
the  business  of  shippers  in  tlieir  territory  to  supply  the 
shippers  with  copies  of  these  regulations  and  see  that 
they  comply  therewith. 

The  forwarding  agent  must  see,  for  a  shipment  oflered 
at  his  station  and  kiioton'to  contain  inflammable  sub- 
stances, or  compressed  gases  or  liquids,  or  acids,  that 
the  proper  labels  appear,  and  tliat  the  shipping  order, 
or  switcliing  ticket,  bears  the  proper  certificate  and  label 
or  placard  notation. 

The  shipping  orders  and  switching  tickets  bearing 
these  certificates  must  be  kept  on  a  separate  file,  or  in 
such  a  manner  Jis  to  facilitate  their  examination. 

1872.  For  shipments  of  articles  not  included  in  the  list 
No.  3  of  excepted  articles  (^  1805)  and  concerning  which 
a  reasonable  doubt  exists  as  to  propriety  of  acceptance 
without  a  shipper's  certificate  and  notation  as  to  labels 
(Par.  1815),  the  agent  should  first  asc*»rtain  wlietlier 
the  shipper  is  familiar  witii  tiie  definitions  (Par.  1801  to 
1804)  and  with  the  cliaracteristics  of  his  shipment.  If 
the  shij)per  is  informeil  in  these  respects,  and  insists 
that  neitlicr  certificate  nor  lal>el  is  neces.sary,  tlie  agent 
should  forward  the  shipment  and  rcjwrt  the  ca.se  to  the 
proper  oflicial  for  ruling  by  the  Bureau  of  Explosives. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  .spirit  of  the  regu- 
lations assumes,  in  tlie  first  instance,  the  fairness  of  the 
sliipper  after  he  has  become  familiar  with  the  require- 
ments, and  that  the  object  of  the  regulations  is  to 
secure  safety  without  imposing  imdue  obstacles  to  trallic. 

1873.  The  revenue  waybill  prepared  from  the  ship- 
ping onler  for  tlie  articles  subject  to  these  regulations 

i  and  transfer  billing  to  connections  must  proi)erly  de- 


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scribe  these  articles  by  name,  and  state  the  color  of  label 
applied,  or  "No  Label  Required."  For  carload  ship- 
ments it  must  show  the  kind  of  placard  applied,  or  "  No 
Placard  Required."  On  its  face  must  be  written  or 
stamped,  whether  the  packages  require  labels  or  not, 
the  words : 

"  Shippers'  Certificate  on  File  with  Initial  Carrier." 

1874  (a).  The  card  waybill,  or  running  slip,  for  any  car, 
which  under  these  regulations  should  bear  the  inflam- 
mable or  acid  placards,  must  have  plainly  stamped  or 
written  across  the  top  the  words  "  Inflammable "  or 
"Acid." 

(b)  When  the  original  movement  is  over  a  switching 
line,  the  switching  ticket,  and  copies  thereof,  prepared 
by  the  shipper  or  by  the  agent  under  the  shipper's  written 
authority,  must  bear  the  shipper's  certificate  and  the 
placard  notation  prescribed  by  Paragraph  1815 ;  for 
other  switching  movement,  the  switching  ticket  pre- 
pared by  a  railway  employe  must  show  the  kind  of 
placard  or  "  No  Placard  Required,"  and  on  its  face  must 
be  written  or  stamped  : 

"Shippers'  Certificate  on  File  with  Initial  Carrier." 

1875.  Card  waybills,  running  slips  or  switching  tickets, 
for  filled  or  empty  tank  cars,  unless  plainly  marked  with 
a  name  on  excepted  list  (List  No.  3,  TT 1805),  must  be 
endorsed  to  show  the  kind  of  placard  applied,  or  "  No 
Placard  Required."  At  a  point  from  which  an  empty 
tank  car  is  returned  without  shippers'  certificate,  the 
agent  must  know  whether  the  tank  car  requires  a 
placard  under  the  regulations,  and  he  must  endorse  the 
memorandum  or  other  waybill  accordingly. 

1876.  An  astray  shipment  of  inflammable  articles,  gas 
cylinders  or  acids,  must  be  forwarded  to  destination,  if 
known,  provided  a  careful  inspection  shows  the  pack- 
age to  be  in  proper  condition  for  safe  transportation. 
If  package  is  unlabeled  and-  exact  nature  of  contents 
is  unknown,  the  red  label  which  gives  the  greatest  pro- 
tection should  be  applied.  The  "  stray  bill "  must  show 
the  color  of  label  applied  and  be  endorsed  as  follows : 

" Stray  shipment,  inspected  at. . .  .Station, K.R 190. ..." 

1877.  Prompt  removal  of  all  inflammable  articles 
and  acids  and  similar  articles  must  be  enforced  by  the 
agent  to  decrease  danger  from  storage  and  to  avoid 
violating  State  or  municipal  laws  or  ordinances. 

1878.  Packages  of  inflammable  articles  or  acids  when 
offered  for  shipment  and  not  properly  labeled  and  cer- 
tified must  not  be  accepted. 

1879.  Shipments  offered  by  connecting  water  or  other 
transportation  lines  must  comply  with  these  regula- 
tions. Packages  must  be  properly  certified  and  labeled 
and  the  revenue  waybills  must  bear  the  endorsements 
prescribed  by  Par.  1873. 

LOADING. 

1891.  A  car  placarded  "  Inflammable,"  or  known  to 
contain  inflammable  material,  must  not  be  entered  with 
a  lighted  lantern,  torch  or  other  fire  until  both  car  doors 
have  been  opened  and  sufficient  time  allowed  for  ventila- 
tion and  escape  of  any  vapors.  The  presence  of  these 
vapors  will  generally  be  i  nd  icated  by  characteristic  odors. 


1892.  Packages  of  Matches  must  be  so  loaded  or  stayed 
that  they  will  not  fall  or  be  damaged  by  other  freight. 

1893.  Carboy  bottles  must  be  so  blocked  and  braced 
that  they  cannot  change  position  during  transit.  Less 
than  carload  shipments,  in  addition  to  being  securely 
blocked  and  braced,  should  be  loaded  near  the  door- 
way and  must  have  wood  strips,  not  less  than  one  inch 
thick,  nailed  to  the  car  floor  six  inches  from  the  carboy 
bottles  and  so  arranged  that  acid  from  a  broken  pack- 
age will  not  spread,  but  will  drain  toward  the  doorway 
and  outside  the  car.  The  space  V)etween  the  carboys 
and  strips  must  be  covered  liberally  with  clean,  dry 
sand.  Sawdust  or  other  combustible  material  must 
not  be  used. 

1894.  Crude  Camphor,  Cotton,  Cotton  Batting,  Cotton 
Wadding,  Cotton  Waste,  Excelsior,  Fibre,  Hay,  Hemp, 
Jute,  Oakum,  Oil  Well  Cables,  Rags,  Sawdust  (fine). 
Sulphur,  Tow  and  Straw,  or  other  articles  liable  to  be 
ignited  by  sparks,  .should,  when  practicable,  be  load©il 
in  tight  cars,  with  doors  stripped,  and  carload  lots  of 
these  articles  must  not  be  placed  next  to  cars  placarded 
"  Explosives." 

Lime,  in  bulk,  and  Calcium  Carbide  should  be  placed 
in  a  car  with  tight  roof.  Lime,  Coke,  Chipped  Bone, 
Ashes  and  other  substances  liable  to  be  hot  when  offered 
for  shipment  must  not  be  loaded  until  thoroughly 
cooled. 

Note.— Shippers'  certificate,  labels  and  placards  -will  nf)t  lie  re- 
quired for  these  anicles. 

1895.  Cars  that  are  to  be  loaded  with  inflammable 
articles  must  be  cleanly  swept  before  loading. 

PLACARDS  AND  HANDLING  CARS. 

1901.  Agents  must  keep  on  hand  an  adequate  supply 
of  labels  and  placards.  Lost  or  detached  labels  must 
be  replaced  from  information  given  on  revenue  waybilL 
Placards  will  be  furnished  to  shippers  for  attachment  to 
cars  loaded  by  them,  and  labels  will  be  furnished  on 
demand  until  October  1, 1909. 

1902.  The  railway  agent,  or  an  employe  designated  by 
him,  must  attach  the  proper  placard,  or  verify  the 
attachment  of  it  by  the  shipper,  as  soon  as  he  receives 
a  tank,  or  other  car  containing  an  inflammable  material 
or  an  acid. 

1903.  As  soon  as  the  lading  requiring  the  placard  is 
removed  from  cars,  placards  must  be  removed  by 
agents,  yardmasters,  or  conductors ;  but  the  inflam- 
mable placard  must  remain  on  tank  cars  until  such  cars 
are  known  to  have  been  cleaned  by  steam.  When  a 
tank  car  is  cleaned  with  naptha  instead  of  steam  the 
inflammable  placard  must  remain  thereon  until  the 
tank  car  is  again  filled  with  some  substance  which  does 
not  require  such  cars  to  be  placarded. 

1904.  Empty  barrels,  used  previously  for  the  shipment 
of  an  inflammable  liquid  (1[  1801),  do  not  require  certifi- 
cates nor  labels,  but  fire  must  be  kept  away  from  them, 
and  they  should  be  loaded  in  open  or  stock  cars  when 
practicable. 

1905.  A  conductor  must  not  move  a  car  known  to  re- 
quire placards  from  a  station  or  siding  until  the  proper 
placards  are  attached.  Placards  lost  in  transit  must  be 
replaced  in  a  similar  manner. 


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[906.  Tank  cars  placarded  "INFLAMMABLE"  must 
placed  in  trains,  if  possible,  at  least  five  cars  from  the 
^ine  and  five  cars  from  the  caboose.  When  length 
train  does  not  permit  this,  they  must  be  placed  as 
ar  the  middle  of  the  train  as  practicable. 

.907.  When  cars  protected  by  "INFLAMMABLE" 
Lcards  are  received  or  held  in  yards,  particularly  at 
jht,  Yardmasters  must  see  that  train  and  yard  em- 
)yes  are  informed  of  the  position  of  such  cars,  and 
it  all  necessary  precautions  are  taken  to  prevent  acci- 
Qts.  These  precautions  must  include  provision  for 
ickly  isolating  them  in  case  of  fire. 

1908.  In  classification  yards,  and  in  switching,  it  must 

determined  by  inspection  and  trial,  that  such  a  car 

s  its  brakes  in  first  class  order  before  a  draft  contain- 

;  it  is  cut ;  and  a  tank  car  placarded  "Inflammable" 


must  not  be  started  down  a  ladder  track,  incline  or  liump, 
until  the  preceding  car  has  clean^l  the  ladder.  It  must 
also  clear  the  ladder  before  another  car  is  allowed  to 
follow. 

1909.  Cars  bearing  "  Inflammable  "  placards  and  cars 
adjacent  to  tiiein  must  be  watched  with  extra  care  to 
discover  hot  journals. 

1940.  A  placard,  of  diamond  shape,  printed  on  strong, 
thin  white  paper  for  pjisting  on  tank  cars  and  on 
strong  tagboard  for  tacking  to  wooden  cars,  measuring 
15  inches  on  eacli  diagonal,  and  liearing  in  red  and  black 
letters  tiie  following  inscription,  must  l>e  securely  at- 
tached to  each  outside  end  and  side  of  a  car  containing 
any  quantity  of  Smokeless  Powder  for  Cannon,  or  Am- 
munition for  Cannon  with  Empty  Projectiles,  or  Fire- 
works, or  one  or  more  packages  protected  by  the  red,  or 
the  yellow,  diamond  label : 


INFLAMMABI  E    PLACARD. 


R.R.  Co. 

INFLAMMABLE 

iT.i   U-   I'rinUd  ill   U.-.l) 

KEEP  LIGHTS  AND  FIRES  AWAY 

lANDLC     CAREFUULY 

Station  190 

I— This  car  must  not  be  next  to  a  car  containing  Explosives. 
2     Do   not  enter  with   exposed   flame,    nor  vfith   lighted 
lantern,    until   car   has   been    ventilated    and    vapors 
allowed  to  escape. 

3— When  lading  requiring  this  placard  is  un- 
loaded from  box  or  stock  cars,  Agents, 
Yardmasters  and  Conductors  must 
remove  the  placards.       Tank 
cars  must   retain    placards 
until   cleaned.      ( 
1903- ) 


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1941.  There  must  be  securely  attached  to  each  outside 
end  and  side  of  a  car  containing  one  or  more  packages 
protected  by  the  white  diamond  label,  a  placard,  of 
diamond  shape,  on  strong,  thin  white  paper  for  pasting 
on  tank  cars  and  on  strong  tagboard  for  tacking  to 
wooden  cars,  measuring  13  inches  on  each  diagonal  and 
bearing  in  black  letters  the  following  inscription  : 


WRECKS. 

1945.  In  case  of  a  wreck  invulviug  a  car  containing 
inflammable  freight,  it  should  be  assumed  tliat  pack- 
ages are  broken  and  that  leakage  has  occurred  which 
may  cause  fire  if  lighted  lanterns  or  otlier  flames  are 
taken  into  or  near  tliese  cars.  As  much  of  the  train  as 
possible  should  be  moved  to  a  place  of  safety.    A  car 


ACID   PLACARD. 


.R.R.  Co. 


ACID 

HANDLE  CAREFULLY 


When  Packages  protected  by  White  Diamond  Labels^ 
are  unloaded,  REMOVE  THIS  PLACARD 

Station 

190- 


1942.  Inflammable  or  Acid  Placards  will  not  be  re- 
quired on  Express  or  Baggage  cars  in  charge  of  an  ex- 
press messenger  or  railway  employe. 

1943.  Labels  and  placards  must  conform  to  standards, 
and  samples  will  be  furnished  by  the  Chief  Inspector  of 
the  Bureau  of  Explosives  on  request. 

1944.  Violations  of  these  regulations  must  be  reported 
to  the  proper  official,  who  will  forward  report  to  the 
Chief  Inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Explosives,  24  Park 
Place,  New  York. 


containing  inflammable  freight  should  be  opened  for 
ventilation,  and  packages  protected  by  red  labels  and 
cylinders  of  compressed  gases  should  be  removed  to  a 
safe  place.  Substances  spilled  from  broken  packages 
protected  by  yellow  label  should  also  be  removed. 
Cylinders  of  compressed  gases  may  be  exploded  if  they 
are  exposed  to  fire  or  struck  a  sharp  blow,  and  the  flying 
fragments  would  then  be  dangerous.  Inflammable 
liquids  spilled  from  broken  packages  or  tank  cars  should 
be  well  covered  with  dry  earth  before  a  lighted  lantern, 
torch  or  an  engine  is  used  in  tlie  vicinity.  Acids  spilled 
in  cars  should  be  covered  with  dry  earth  and  the  car 
floor  thoroughly  swept. 


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LABELS. 

FACSIMILE   OF    RED    LABEL    FOR    INFLAMMABLE    LIQUIDS. 


NOTICE  TO 
RAILWAY  EMPLOYES 


CA.XTTION 


Keep  Away  from  FIRE,  STOVES,  RADIATORS, 

Lighted  IMATCHES,  LANTERNS,  and 

Direct  Sunlight. 

Any  LEAKING  Packages  Must  be 
Removed  to  a  Safe  Place. 

Shipper  hascartified  on  his  Shipping 

Order  to  compliance  with   all 

Regulations  that  apply 

to  this  pacliage. 


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FACSIMILE   OF   YELLOW    LABEL   FOR    INFLAMMABLES. 


NOTICE  TO 
RAILWAY  EMPLOYES 


CA.XJTION 


KEEP  FIRE  AND  LIGHTS  AWAY 

Sweep  Up  and  Remove  Carefully  Contents 
of  Broken  Packages 

Shipper  has  Certified  on  his  Shipping 

Order  to  compliance  with  all 

Regulations  that  apply 

to  this  package 


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FACSIMILE   OF    RED   LABEL    FOR    INFLAMMABLE    GASEO. 


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FACSIMILE   OF    LIGHT   GREEN   LABEL    FOR    NON-INFLAMMABLE    GASES. 


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FACSIMILE    OF    WHITE    LABEL    FOR    ACIDS. 


NOTICE 

HANDLE  CAREFULLY 

ACID 

DO  NOT  LOAD  WITH  EXPLOSIVES  OR 

INFLAMMABLES   PROTECTED 

BY   YELLOW  LABELS 


Shipper  has  certified  oa  his  Shipping  Order  to 

compliance  with  ail  Regulations  that 

apply  to  this  package. 


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